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Re: set domain name in Debian `

From Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: set domain name in Debian `
Date 2016-11-15 17:30 +0100
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On 15/11/2016 15:45, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 15 Nov 2016 at 15:02:54 +0000, Joe wrote:
>

>>
>> That's fairly common, the exim4 default if enabled is to check that the HELO
>> is resolvable at all, not that it matches anything specific. It's a few
>> years since I last did it, but when I used telnet to talk to remote mail
>> servers I used a well-known six character domain name as HELO to save
>> typing, one to which I had no entitlement, and nothing ever complained.
>
> Are you sure that is the default?
>

Not default, 'default if enabled'. HELO checking is initially turned 
off, if you just turn it on, it doesn't look for a specific match. There 
are systems which do look for a HELO which is related to the email 
itself, which I don't think is a good idea.

-- 
Joe

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set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 21:50 +0100
  Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-11 22:00 +0100
    Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-11 23:10 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-11 23:40 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 04:50 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-11 23:50 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 01:40 +0100
  Re: set domain name in Debian ` Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 06:00 +0100
    Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 07:40 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 07:50 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 10:20 +0100
          Re: set domain name in Debian ` Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2016-11-12 11:30 +0100
            Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-12 13:40 +0100
            Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 17:10 +0100
              Re: set domain name in Debian ` sunrise@mailbug.com - 2016-11-12 19:40 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 20:30 +0100
              Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-14 14:30 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-14 23:00 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-14 23:40 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 14:10 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 15:20 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:00 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2016-11-15 16:20 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:40 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 17:10 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 15:20 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-15 16:10 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 16:50 +0100
                Re: set domain name in Debian ` Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-11-15 17:30 +0100
  Re: set domain name in Debian ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-11-12 16:50 +0100
    Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 18:20 +0100
      Re: set domain name in Debian ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-11-12 19:40 +0100
        Re: set domain name in Debian ` Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-11-12 22:40 +0100

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