OT: Invalid domain name during SMTP test

Billy A. Pumphrey bpumphrey at woodmclaw.com
Tue Sep 12 20:10:25 IST 2006


> > Or at dnsreport.com
> >
> > WARN Mail server host name in greeting WARNING: One or more of your
> > mailservers is claiming to be a host other than what it really is
(the
> > SMTP greeting should be a 3-digit code, followed by a space or a
dash,
> > then the host name). If your mailserver sends out E-mail using this
> > domain in its EHLO or HELO, your E-mail might get blocked by
anti-spam
> > software. This is also a technical violation of RFC821 4.3 (and
RFC2821
> > 4.3.1). Note that the hostname given in the SMTP greeting should
have an
> > A record pointing back to the same server. Note that this one test
may
> > use a cached DNS record.
> >
> > MAIL.woodmclaw.com claims to be non-existent host
> > WoodenMS2.woodmaclaw.local:
> > 220 WoodenMS2.woodmaclaw.local ESMTP Sendmail 8.13.1/8.13.1; Tue, 12
Sep
> > 2006 12:51:21 -0400
> Don't have the .local in your hostname.
> 

So you are suggesting just WoodenMS2.woodmaclaw?  I need to also change
it to WoodenMS2.Woodmclaw

Right now I did hostname WoodenMS2.Woodmclaw and now the hostname
command reads it as that.


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