On Sun 12 Oct 2014 at 15:42:49 -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > Jonathan Dowland <[email protected]> writes: > > > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 02:45:44PM -0400, Harry Putnam wrote: > >> > And if so, is that not acquired from /etc/hosts? > > snip > >> Egad ... I just noticed that was from a different machine... but the > >> format is the same on all of mine. So still should stand as something > >> to critique/ > > > > Debian's exim4 will take the contents of /etc/mailname over the dns name by > > default. I'd recommend putting the fqdn that you want exim to use there. > > OK that is very good tip to know about.
Please read about "System mail name" in exim's README.Debian.gz and look at mailname(5). The HELO used has nothing to do with /etc/mailname. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
