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bye Norman 2009/11/21, Gunter Marstead <[email protected]>: > Thank you norm .. you are a life saver ! I see that does effect the > response name.. please help me out here though, I am still getting a reverse > dns failure for fanatica.com > > I tried mail.fanatica.com (I dont have this setup in my registrar.. should ? > ).. but I do have fanatica.com, I tried that, and it also failed.. what > exactly do I need to change to, so this works ? > > mxtoolbox.com error on SMTP test: > > > > > > HELO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com > > 250 mail.fanatica.com 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] > > QUIT > > 221 2.0.0 mail.fanatica.com Service closing transmission channel [62 ms] > > > > > HELO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com > > 250 mail.fanatica.com 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] > > QUIT > > 221 2.0.0 mail.fanatica.com Service closing transmission channel [62 ms] > > > > > HELO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com > > 250 mail.fanatica.com 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] > > QUIT > > 221 2.0.0 mail.fanatica.com Service closing transmission channel [62 ms] > HELO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com > 250 mail.fanatica.com 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] > QUIT > 221 2.0.0 mail.fanatica.com Service closing transmission channel [62 ms] > > try 2: > > HELO please-read-policy.mxtoolbox.com > 250 fanatica.com 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] > QUIT > 221 2.0.0 fanatica.com Service closing transmission channel [62 ms] > > --- On Sat, 11/21/09, Norman Maurer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Norman Maurer <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: reverse dns lookup smtp banner with James ? > To: "James Users List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009, 10:53 AM > > > 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> >> >> >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
