Re: [exim] making my HELO = my RDNS

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Author: Magnus Holmgren
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To: exim-users
Old-Topics: Re: [exim] making my HELO = my RDNS
Subject: Re: [exim] making my HELO = my RDNS
On Monday 11 December 2006 17:41, Stanislaw Halik wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 11, 2006, Chris Lightfoot wrote:
> >>> Actually what is the default HELO for exim? Shouldn't Exim by default
> >>> use the rDNS of the interface address or the IP if rDNS doesn't
> >>> resolve?
> >>
> >> Exim does not know the interface address that the system will use unless
> >> you set the "interface" option.
> >
> > can you not get this from calling getsockname on the
> > outgoing connection?
>
> I believe the problem is that the option is being expanded before an
> actual connection is being established.


Why don't we move that expansion to after the connection has been established?
I can't see any problem with that, except that the expansion might fail and
it doesn't look so good if Exim panics and drops the connection.

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