Re: [exim] Re: FQDN needed in HELO (was: Sender callouts)

>>>>> btw, a neighbor who has the poor taste to run outlook has the above
>>>>>> disease, non-fqdn helo/ehlo. anyone know how to fix it in outlook?
>>>>> AFAIK, provide your Windows system with an FQDN as it's hostname, and
>>>>> I believe that is what Outlook uses for HELO.
>>>> and where, in the wonderful world of windows xp configuration, does one
>>>> do that. i an not a win expert, but i just looked at network setup, and
>>>> nowhere does it say 'hostname'.
>>> Control Panel/System/Computer Name/Change
>> nope. will not allow dots in the computer's name :-(
> settings - control panel - network, right click on your network adapter
> (ethernet, wireless etc) and look at the properties there

no such animal as 'network' in control panel, only 'network
connections' and 'network setup wizard'. if i go to Network
Connections, pick either the wireless or the gige device, right
click on it, select properties, and wander through the menus and
tabs, nothing wants to let me set hostname or workgroup.

> allows you to set a hostname, and then a workgroup - that'd be the
> approximate equivalent of a domain name in that outlook qualifies the
> computer's hostname as netbiosname.workgroupname.com

so, what my friend's winxp config may actually lack is a workgroup
name?

randy