Author: John Hall Date: To: Robert Cates CC: Exim Users list Subject: Re: [exim] changed my server host name, but exim still returns the old
On Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:42:46 +0100, Robert Cates <robert@???> wrote:
> I'm puzzled, I've changed my server's host name, and even recompiled exim
> and rebooted the server, but when I try to test with either 'telnet
> localhost 25' or 'telnet 192.168.123.123 25' exim returns the OLD FQDN
> (hostname).
>
> When I give any of these commands, 'hostname', 'hostname -d' and
> 'hostname -f', I get the NEW hostname, and in my hosts file is also only the
> new hostname.
>
> Why is exim (4.43) returning the OLD hostname when I telnet 25?
Robert,
Do you have "primary_hostname" set in your exim.conf?
