On 2002-05-08 at 17:34 -0700, Jim Pazarena wrote:
> >Another reason for making the block really inclusive was to see if
> >people were happy with it. If not, it can of course be changed (I tried
> >the same trick with underscore in helo names).
> I cannot find any documentation _or_ newsgroup mail where Philip
> describes this "trick".
Back-to-front, I'm afraid.
The "trick" was to make the block really inclusive, to conform more to
standards and reject crap. Not a trick to allow underscores, but a
"trick" which was pushing towards conformance as the default.
> How can I get exim 4 to *not* reject helo's where the name has
> an underscore in it, like for instance the Provincial Government server
> called "smtp_security.leg.bc.ca" ?
Two-fold.
(1) Use an Exim 4 version >= 4.02, read doc/NewStuff and item 2 under
version 4.02 which describes helo_allow_chars
(2) Education: email postmaster and bitch in the nicest possible manner
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