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Subject: Re: HELO command
From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Thu Aug 10 2000 - 17:06:43 CDT

The Postfix way:

    /etc/postfix/main.cf
       myhostname = somereal.host.or.domain

Most parameters are kept in one file, rathter than in a
forest of files.

        Wietse

Fred Souza:
> Hi all,
>
> I am currently running qmail 1.03 under FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE, and decided to
> give Postfix I try. Installed it, configured and etc, but one single thing
> kept unanswered, and it is crucial for my situation:
>
> How do I setup what hostname to use when sending the HELO command?
>
> I mean, with qmail (please, let's not start a flame here. I am citing
> qmail, because it's what I have to compare), I can simply do a `echo
> "somereal.host.or.domain" > $QMAILPATH/control/helohost`, and it'll use
> that hostname for the HELO command.
>
> Once I am a dial-up user and my local domainname does not exist, many
> sites (such as freebsd.org, for instance) will not accept the HELO command
> if it comes with my local domain, as Postfix will do by default.
>
> It there a way to get rid of this problem?
>
>
> Thank you all in advance.
>
> Fred Souza.
>
> --
> What upsets me is not that you lied to me,
> but that from now on I can no longer believe you.
> -- Nietzsche
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