Autor: Peter Bowyer Data: A: exim users Assumpte: Re: [exim] mandate ehlo before mail while sending out email
On 06/01/06, Gilbert W <gilbert.debian@???> wrote: > > primary_hostname = fqdn.of.your.machine
>
> Thanks for your advice.
>
> if "smtp_active_hostname" is not set, this is what i got by `exim4
> -bP | grep primary_hostname`
> primary_hostname = localhost
> instead of my FQDN?!
>
> So, i have another question. I have another mail server running
> exim-4.6 on sarge. Though "smtp_active_hostname" is not set, i can get
> the FQDN by `exim4 -bP | grep primary_hostname`
>
> i wonder why the difference?
Maybe the network status of the servers was different at the time the
configs were auto-generated.
As you've already been advised, this is Debian-specific stuff, best
discussed on the Debian Exim mailing list.