Re: [exim] [Pkg-exim4-users] Use of primary_hostname with vi…

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Author: Magnus Holmgren
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] [Pkg-exim4-users] Use of primary_hostname with visiblename
On Thursday 19 October 2006 09:47, Magnus Holmgren took the opportunity to
say:
> On Thursday 19 October 2006 06:22, Ross Boylan took the opportunity to say:
> > In an effort to fight spam, I reject messages when
> > verify = helo
> > fails, which I believe would happen in the previous scenario.
>
> No, verify = helo checks that the HELO name resolves to the remote IP
> address *or* the IP address reverse-resolves to the HELO name (or if the
> HELO name is an IP literal, that it matches the remote address). So verify
> = helo is sane. (Unfortunately some big players, like Hotmail, use HELO
> names that fail this test.)


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