Have had this before....
quick fix on old systems was to have your FDQN first in the
list in your /etc/hosts file.
but not usually in the localhost line though...
So I think Steve's fix to the setup of opera is probably
the most likely.
Usually I have lines in my host file of
132.181.1.10 mailhost.my.domain mailhost anyotheralias
127.0.0.1 localhost
If you have none of the actual IP address line, then by
default it looks like it sends the loopback address of
localhost.
Speculation...Would that mean you ONLY have a loopback
address in your hosts file because you get random IP addresses
when you boot (DHCP)so can't have it permanently in hosts file
and the DHCP is not putting the entry in???
Pete
Craig Falconer wrote:
I agree with Steve - the fault is your machine saying
EHLO localhost
where it should say pretty much anything other than localhost.
Everyone's localhost is themself.
To prove it - do a manual smtp session but type in
ehlo thisisatest
instead to prove it to yourself.
Steve Brorens wrote, On 19/10/09 05:11:
Surely your EHLO is the problem. You are claiming to be "localhost"
... which isn't true from the receiving SMTPs pov
- steve
On Sunday, October 18, 2009, Chris Downie <[email protected]> wrote:
<[email protected]> was rumoured to say:
As I can't even talk to smtp.wxnz.net, it's looking only to a
restricted
IP list, which includes yours. However, it seems to think that
you're not
authorised to send mail... do you need to provide any extra
authentication,
like logging in???
I am required to login to receive but not send (I have tried but it
made no
difference).
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