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


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