On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Ben So wrote:
>
> Need help!
> We have Snap Appliance server sending out alerts using From: header like
> hostname@ipaddress (eg. myserver@172.16.1.99).
> It sent to our local smtp server using exim as MTA and relayed to our smart
> host in our new ISP provider.
> Now our new ISP rejected the email with the error:
> 2005-11-28 17:18:19 1EgrKF-0005ic-DI <= myserver@172.16.1.99 H= myserver
> (myserver) [172.16.1.99] P=smtp S=503
> 2005-11-28 17:18:19 1EgrKF-0005ic-DI ** recipients@??? R=smarthost
> T=remote_smtp: SMTP error from remote mailer after MAIL FROM:<
> myserver@172.16.1.99> SIZE=1545: host smtp-relay [101.13.222.2]: 501 FROM
> Invalid mail address, invalid domain name syntax
>
> How do I rewrite MAIL FROM: address to a qualified domain address?
> TIA.
Did you perchance look at the FAQ first?
http://exim.org/exim-html-4.50/doc/html/FAQ_8.html#TOC278
...may help.
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