On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 05:44:09PM -0800, Jeroen van Aart wrote:
> Dave Evans wrote:
> > Try using a HELO/EHLO name (i.e. helo_data) which doesn't resolve to a private
> > IP address (g2.atypon.com => 10.1.1.2). Ideally of course (RFC1123) your
>
> I did try that, "ehlo g2i.atypon.com", but it had the same result:
>
> 220 205.161.180.250.electrochem.org ESMTP Howdy and welcome to Electrochem
> ehlo g2i.atypon.com
> Connection closed by foreign host.
Ah. In which case, fair enough, it sounds like your server is behaving
reasonably. Next port of call is probably to contact the administrator of
the remote server and ask them to look into why the connection is being
severed.
> Configuration of our dns happened way before my time. I am not sure if
> anything is configured incorrectly. If exim should ideally report itself
> as g2i.atypon.com, then if possible, how would I change that?
DNS looks OK (g2i.atypon.com => 66.252.131.146 and vice versa).
Exim will try to "just work" with regards to your IPs and host names, but if
you have multiple IPs etc. it can be useful to point it in the right
direction:
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch14.html#SECTalomo
(primary_hostname)
http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/spec_html/ch30.html#SECID146
(helo_data, interface)
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Dave Evans
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