Re: [exim] HELO vs. EHLO - what does Exim send?

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Toralf Lund
CC: Exim Mailing List, Nigel Metheringham
Subject: Re: [exim] HELO vs. EHLO - what does Exim send?
On Wed, 4 May 2005, Toralf Lund wrote:

> But, to return to one of my original questions: Am I right in assuming that
> Exim will try EHLO first, then fall-back to HELO if that fails?


Yes. By default. It has done this for a very long time. However, you can
make it use HELO by setting hosts_avoid_esmtp.

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