> What IS a reliable way to check the hostname that IP is sending?

(a)  With IMail in particular, just know what virtual host is sending;
(b) with any SMTP server, look in the logs.

> I'm  still  left with a variation of my initial question: Does Imail
> respond  with a consistent hostname regardless of which virtual host
> it is sending email for?

"Respond"  is not the usual term for a HELO, even if it technically is
a response to a remote server's 220.

IMail  will  use a different HELO depending on the originating virtual
host, as stated several times already.

> Is  it  this hostname that some remote servers will try to match the
> reverse  DNS to?

Only  those  run  by  fools  who  are  content to reject mail from any
virtual hosting scenario with per-host HELOs.

> Finally, how do I change the hostname that Imail is sending so I can
> make sure it matches the reverse DNS entry?

You  can't  have  _every_  virtual  host on a box match the PTR entry.
That's  impossible.  You  need  to make sure that every host name (and
therefore  every HELO) has public A record pointing back to the server
IP.

--Sandy


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