On Wed, 16 Oct 2002, Jay Klesitz wrote:
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> Sorry for quoating, but how does one set_allow_chars so Exchange works with
> Exim.
> My problem is outlined below
Well, this isnt a general Exchange issue, its an issue with any server
that is misconfigured with an invalid host name that includes an
underscore character. It just happens that the cluelessness that results
in people running Exchange servers happens to often coincide with the
cluelessness that causes them to use such names.
If this is *your* Exchange server, set its hostname to something that is
a legal hostname (that does not include an _ character, among other
things).
>
> 2002-10-16 16:48:35 rejected EHLO from [209.167.74.242]: syntactically
> invalid argument(s): cme_nt1.cmetele.com
> 2002-10-16 16:48:35 rejected HELO from [209.167.74.242]: syntactically
> invalid argument(s): cme_nt1.cmetele.com
>
> [Exim] Syntactically invalid hostname
> On 22 Aug 2002, Yann Le Guennec wrote:
>
> > 2002-08-22 09:08:05 rejected EHLO from [62.115.227.131]: syntactically
> > invalid argument(s): gbc_ex001.gainsbc.co.uk
> >
> > The incoming message gets rejected.
> >
> > I guess that's because of the underscore. Unfortunately, I cannot force
> > people to change their naming. Is there an option in Exim 4.04 to ignore
> > those errors and accept the message ?
>
> 1. Run Exim 4.02 or later.
> 2. Set helo_allow_chars.
>
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> Jay A. Klesitz
> Network Specialist
> Packet Works Inc.
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