Re: [Exim] SMTP banner

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Author: Marc MERLIN
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] SMTP banner
While I'm not a big fan of security by obscurity, if people feel they need
to obscure their SMTP banner, they should have to do it themselves. As
others mentionnned, when debugging SMTP connections, I like to know which
remote server I'm talking to, so I'd vote for:

smtp_banner = Exim 4 ESMTP server ready

Note that I'm only asking for '4', not the exact release number.

Ideally, having the hostname in there would be better:
smtp_banner = $primary_hostname: Exim 4 ESMTP server ready

I could live with you removing ESMTP if you wish to (can't say how much it
is used nowadays, but again, I'm from the "extra information can't hurt"
school)

Marc
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