Thomas Gelf wrote:
> Amavisd-new seems to use localhost_name for it's own EHLO,
> but is using $myheloname for it's own SMTP greeting banner
> (and 250 reply to HELO). I'm curious to find out why this
> variable is defined as follows:
>
> my($myheloname);
> # $myheloname = c('myhostname');
> # $myheloname = 'localhost';
> # $myheloname = '[127.0.0.1]';
> $myheloname = '[' . $conn->socket_ip . ']';
>
> IMO c('myhostname') would be the better choice, isn't it?
>
if it helos with myhostname and this happens to be the hostname of the
MTA, then the MTA will reject the connection. localhost is safer.
note that as a proxy, amavisd-new has two sides: an smtp server and an
smtp client. the hostname is for the server, and helo is only for the
client side. there is no reason to make these sides "match".
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