Re: [Exim] 451-Invalid HELO

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Author: Alan J. Flavell
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To: Exim users list
Subject: Re: [Exim] 451-Invalid HELO
On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, Tom Playford wrote:

> I have spoken to computing-services at Oxford at they say it's a
> fault at my end. This is strange as
> I haven't changed my configuration or upgraded exim for months.


Not strange at all. There's no *guarantee* that every error and
RFC-violation will get diagnosed by the other MTA. Perhaps they
noticed the increasing number of spammers and other ne'er-do-wells who
present underscores in their HELO string, and decided to apply the
syntax rules more tightly.

good luck