On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 10:26:02 +0100 Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon 13 Oct 2014 at 04:12:04 +0200, lee wrote: > > > Jonathan Dowland <j...@debian.org> 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. > > > > You can also specify it in exims' configuration. Unless you do have > > good reason to do so, I'd advise against it and let exim use the > > host name (which the automatic configuration which I don't exactly > > recommend hopefully lets exim use unless you tell it otherwise). > > The HELO cannot be specified using dpkg-reconfigure. It is taken from > /etc/hosts. > Just to clarify slightly further, it can be *explicitly* specified by editing exim4 config files, which then overrides any implied source, and with suitable additional work, can be specified differently for different 'mail from' domains. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20141013105724.0d41f...@jresid.jretrading.com