On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Andreas Steinmetz wrote:
> from smtp_in.c of exim 4.32, line 2363:
>
> s = string_sprintf("250 %s Hello %s%s%s",
> primary_hostname,
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> Not nice, if previously helo_data was set.
I do not understand. helo_data is an option on the smtp transport, used
for *outgoing* messages. It specifies what gets send in the outgoing EHLO
command.
The code in the line you cite is concerned with answering an *incoming*
message. Nothing to do with the smtp transport at all.
> Could primary_hostname be converted to an expanded string? The reasoning
> is that you may want to give away only a certain hostname for some
> interface or ip.
I guess something should be done, now that one host can masquerade as
several different hosts, using multiple interfaces. The single primary_
hostname goes back to the start of Exim, when this wasn't done, and each
host did have *one* primary host name.
However, some default may be needed for times when Exim uses
primary_host name not in connection with an incoming message.
Noted for the Wish List.
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