Thanks John,
since I've been testing various configurations and have about 4 or 5 config
files, I'd fotgotten to change the "primary_hostname" back to the new
hostname in the runtime config file. Talk about embarrassing. Anyway, I've
changed it and it's fine now.
Thanks again,
Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hall" <john.d.hall@???>
To: "Robert Cates" <robert@???>
Cc: "Exim Users list" <exim-users@???>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 2:45 PM
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?
>
> Regards,
> John
>
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