Hi Gunter,
be sure to set this in the smtpserver component:
<helloName autodetect="false">mail.example.com</helloName>
Bye,
Norman
2009/11/21 Gunter Marstead <[email protected]>:
> Hello,
>
> I am using mxtoolbox.com to run an SMTP test against my domain which is
> running James mail server and its responding with the hostname, instead of
> the domain name - here is the error, how do you set the SMTP banner in
> Windows Server 2003 running James ? -- error :
>
> Reverse DNS FAILED! This is a problem.
> Warning - Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner
> HELO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com250 Springserver Hello
> please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com (64.20.227.133 [64.20.227.133]) [62 ms]MAIL
> FROM: <[email protected]>250 2.1.0 Sender <[email protected]> OK
> [62 ms]RCPT TO: <[email protected]>530 5.7.1 Authentication Required [62
> ms]QUIT221 2.0.0 Springserver Service closing transmission channel [62 ms]
> How is this set in James - in Windows SMTP, you set what is called a
> "masquerade domain" so these reverse dns lookups dont fail.
>
> I looked at the config file for James and changed this with no luck:
>
> <!-- Set the HELO/EHLO name to use when connectiong to remote SMTP-Server -->
> <!--
> <mail.smtp.localhost>xyz.com</mail.smtp.localhost>
> -->
>
> and
>
> <handler>
> <!-- This is the name used by the server to identify itself in the
> RemoteManager -->
> <!-- protocol. If autodetect is TRUE, the server will discover its
> -->
> <!-- own host name and use that in the protocol. If discovery
> fails, -->
> <!-- the value of 'localhost' is used. If autodetect is FALSE,
> James -->
> <!-- will use the specified value. -->
> <helloName autodetect="true">xyz.com</helloName>
>
>
>
>
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