On Thu, Oct 28, 1999 at 09:01:43AM -0400,
Joe Hall <hallj@???> is thought to have said:
>
> I'm having problems with our mail server running exim 1.82. I can't find
> the setting to allow it to accept email from other mail server that have a
> "_" in the name. Here is an example error:
>
> rejected EHLO: syntactically invalid argument(s): astro_usmd02.astrolink.com
>
> I'm not very experienced in exim. It was installed and setup by an engineer
> that left the company.
>
> P.S. I understand that "_" in the dns name is not accepted in SMTP, but we
> want to allow it anyway since we have numerous companies sending us email
> that have "_" in the host names.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
See the section in the spec on "HELO verification".
In particular see the helo_verify, helo_strict_syntax, and
helo_accept_junk_hosts options. (Philip, what are the differences between
helo_strict_syntax and helo_accept_junk_hosts)
Also you might want to consider updating your copy of exim as that version
is getting very long in the tooth.
Tabor
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