On 2004-01-06 10:58:47 +0100, Toralf Lund wrote:
> We usually configure our MUAs to send e-mail via SMTP to localhost,
> where Exim is running. This results in a header of the form:
>
> Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=mydomain)
> by myhost.mydomain with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1)
> id 1AdWvu-0005ks-00
> for user@domain; Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:46:22 +0100
>
> Now, this seems to cause problems with some blacklists etc. on the net;
> apparently they think "localhost" is evil.
Some blacklist admins are really stupid... or are you sure that
the reject doesn't come from something else? For instance, I can
see "helo=mydomain", but mydomain isn't a FQDN (as required by
SMTP). I know that some servers reject mail because of this. :(
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