Re: [exim] exim ejects email from hostname with "_"

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Author: Richard Welty
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] exim ejects email from hostname with "_"
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:00:25 -0800 Steve Zeng <szeng@???> wrote:
> We installed Exim 4.43 on FC2. It is faster than sendmail, which is
> great. However, sending email from a host named "canon_bw" was always
> ejected. Then we changed the hostname to canonbw. It works fine. Is this
> the way exim works or an option we can configure?


hah.

yes, it is an option you can configure, but you DO NOT want to.

hostnames with _ in them are not in conformance with the RFCs
and should not be used.

richard
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