On Mon, 2005-08-29 at 17:16 -0700, Fred Viles wrote:
> On 30 Aug 2005 at 9:44, vmstech wrote about
> "[exim] query re smtp_banner, smtp_a":
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> | What I would like is the equivalent of $domain expanded back in the
> | banner - which I understand doesnt exist at this time. I've had a look
> | things like smtp_active_hostname etc, but it seems that the best I can
> | do reverse lookup the ip and derive it that way, which in my context is
> | uselss.
> |
> | Is this possible?
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> Not unless your box is multi-homed, and each virtual domain's MC
> points at a different IP address. At connect time, the only
> information you have available is the IP address of the remote client
> and the local IP address it connected to.
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which its not
> | Its probably not a BIG deal, but I want to get my
> | dnsreport.com results with no red boxes on them :-)
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> Point all the virtual domain's MX records at the same cannonical
> name, and use that name in the banner. There's no need to "brand"
> the MX target hostname, let alone the hostname in the SMTP banner
> message. No human sees or cares about them.
>
Gotcha - thanks
Glenn
> - Fred
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