Author: Patrice Fournier Date: To: Andrew Boothman CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Hostname used in HELO
Hi Andrew,
Quoting Andrew Boothman <andrew@???>:
> The problem is that when Exim delivers mail to remote hosts, some of
> them (notably FreeBSD.org) require that you use the same hostname in
> your HELO command as your IP reverse-resolves to. This is supposed to
> catch MTAs commonly used by spammers.
>
> When I checked out qmail, it had an option to alter the hostname used in
> the HELO command, but I couldn't find one for Exim? I'd rather not just
> simply set primary_hostname because then Exim uses the ugly .myisp.com
> in its bounce messages and other places.
>
> Can anyone help or point me at the right part of the documentation?
Look for helo_data in the smtp transport options...
