On Sun, Jan 18, 1998 at 10:29:41PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > 2. When trying to send a message from pine, I get: > [Error sending: 501 HELO requires a valid host name as operand: 'localhost' ] > > I have 'localhost' configured as the smtp server in pine, which used to > send the message through smail and then to my ISP as smarthost. This > worked in bo. Has something changed?
Yes. Smail now rejects connections from hostnames which don't have a dot in them. The fix is to change the line in /etc/smail/config which reads '-smtp_hello_broken_allow' to read 'smtp_hello_broken_allow=localnet'. Hope this helps. Adam Klein -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
