I generally change it to say "Sun Solaris Internet Server". :)
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Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] helo message and commands
The general idea of this is to tell people the name of the server but not
what
it is and what version basically. I know, I'm being a little paranoid...
-evan
"R. Scott Perry" wrote:
> >Has anyone tried changing the helo message that imail displays. I would
> >like to remove the version and software information that could tell
> >possible hackers what software I'm using. I already know I have to edit
> >the HelloMsg string in the registry, but to what?
>
> The only drawback to changing that text is that you lose the number of
> current connections and total number of connections that you otherwise can
> see (which is pretty nice, but the logs give you a lot more information).
>
> If you are going to change the welcome message (greeting), you should make
> sure that it starts with "220" followed by a space and then followed by
> your domain name, to follow the RFCs (don't keep the "X1" that IMail
> inserts -- it is a technical violation of the RFCs).
>
> You can try telneting to a couple of SMTP servers to see what theirs say
> (maybe some big ones like Hotmail and AOL) and see if you like them. It's
> not nice to say you're running something other than what you are, but
> sometimes you have to do what you have to do.
> -Scott
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