HELO, EHLO need the domain you are connecting from


kat@graf-spee:~$ telnet localhost smtp
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 graf-spee.hn.extremix.net ESMTP Sendmail 8.11.3/8.11.3; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:17:58 
+0530
helo
501 5.0.0 helo requires domain address
helo localhost
250 graf-spee.hn.extremix.net Hello karthik@localhost [127.0.0.1], pleased to meet you 
         



/kk

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 04:36:56PM -0400, Adam Carson wrote:
> I have been trying to get a version of sendmail to send results from a form, and 
>after finally getting all my addresses and formatting right, my mailserver gives me 
>an error about not using the HELO protocol:
> 
> X-Authentication-Warning: mail.server.IP.address: 
>       [the.user's.IP.address] didn't use HELO protocol
> 
> The code from my script that mentions anything about HELO is:
> 
>     sendSMTP(1, "HELO\n");
>     sendSMTP(1, "MAIL FROM: <$mailFrom>\n");
>     sendSMTP(1, "RCPT TO: <$mailTo>\n");
>     sendSMTP(1, "VRFY\n");
>     sendSMTP(1, "DATA\n");
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks in advance,
> 
>                                   Adam Carson
>                                 MIS Department
>                              Berkeley County, SC
> 
> 
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