Re: [exim] EHLO unavailable from remote host?

"Mitchell Cannon" schrieb:

> (the server is behind a PIX that I don't manage,

You are bound to have very much fun with that pix indeed.

> However, from remote I get this garbage:
> <- 220
> *************************************************0******200**2******2**0*00

That is a PIX ... eh ... feature called "SMTP fixup". It's mostly more
of a f_uckup ...

> -> EHLO localhost
> <** 500 unrecognized command

Yes, that is part of the feature of "SMTP fixup". ESMTP seems to be
highly dangerous and has to be avoided at all cost.

> Any ideas what I've done wrong here,

Nothing. You should contact the PIX operator and ask him to disable
SMTP fixup".

-thh