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Date:      Sun, 7 Apr 2002 12:44:26 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Andrew Boothman <andrew@cream.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: RFC: Change to "why does my mail to FreeBSD.org bounce" FAQ
Message-ID:  <20020407114426.GA79039@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <3CAF327E.6010001@cream.org>
References:  <20020405155943.GA25988@submonkey.net> <20020405114723.767d28c9.darklogik@pittgoth.com> <20020405164306.GA35109@submonkey.net> <20020405120838.0c274492.darklogik@pittgoth.com> <20020406142437.GA52191@submonkey.net> <3CAF327E.6010001@cream.org>

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On Sat, Apr 06, 2002 at 06:38:06PM +0100, Andrew Boothman wrote:
> Ceri Davies wrote:
> >Now it's a slightly fine grained point, maybe, but there's certainly a
> >difference.  It may be slightly easier to just say something like :
> >
> >"As required by RFC 2822, your announced hostname must resolve."
> 
> I think you should mention the fact that it is the hostname announced in 
> the HELO command that is the problem in this case.
> 
> I had exactly the same problem with mail being sent from one of my 
> systems because it was using an internal hostname in its HELO command. 
> The fix was simple enough, but I needed to know it was the HELO command 
> that caused the problem so that I could alter that part of my MTA's 
> config. I got that info from my maillog in the end, but it would be 
> helpful if it was in the FAQ.

In that case, I think the patch I originally posted might be OK.

Ceri

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