[Exim] Re: helo filter says goodbye to pine

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Author: Randy Bush
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To: exim users
Subject: [Exim] Re: helo filter says goodbye to pine
> i installed the fqdn acl for helo/ehlo. now, local pine users
> can't send mail.  they get
>     [Error sending: SMTP hello failure: 421 SMTP connection went away!]
> looking at exim log, i see
>     2003-08-28 05:20:13 U=boat rejected EHLO or HELO localhost: \
>             HELO/EHLO must contain an FQDN
> which confirms my suspicion
>     exim -bh 127.0.0.1
> lets me
>     HELO FROB
> so what the heck else should i be doing?


it turns out pine sends without a host at all. so you have to

accept hosts = :

randy