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Article #99Smail3: HELO <local.host> wrong? (was: Re: BSMTP instead of rmail)
From: Oliver Boehmer
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 07:45
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 07:45
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In article <14uemnINN2sg@smurf.smurf.sub.org>, urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes: > One problem to watch out for is the first line of the data file: it should > say "HELO host.do.main". Unfortunately, at least some smail3 vesrions seem > to send "HELO <host.do.main>", which is wrong and confuses the receiving > side. Matthias, are you sure that this is incorrect? The Smail3 script batchsmtp (used to send batched smtp scripts) is doing this: echo "HELO <$LOCALHOST>" But when you use uusmtp (not batched), the <> are missing. What's the reason for this inconsistency? oli -- Oliver Boehmer, Frankfurt - Germany oli@odb.rhein-main.de "...make -k all to compile everything in the core distribution. This will take anywhere from 15 minutes (on a Cray Y-MP) to 12 hours." X Window Release Notes
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Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!incom!odbffm!oli From: oli@odb.rhein-main.de (Oliver Boehmer) Subject: Smail3: HELO <local.host> wrong? (was: Re: BSMTP instead of rmail) Message-ID: <1992Aug7.074519.22912@odb.rhein-main.de> References: <biGFnqJh@twinsun.com> <biJtACn`@twinsun.com> <1992Jul18.114636.169@bertha.cc.und.ac.za> <14uemnINN2sg@smurf.smurf.sub.org> <1992Aug4.172405.1348@lowton.rn.com> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 07:45:19 GMT Lines: 21