On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, 3 Feb 2007 17:56:59 +0000 (GMT), Jethro R Binks > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Marc Haber wrote: > >> On Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:14:27 +0000 (GMT), Dennis Davis > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >(4) A selection of names, eg "localhost.localdomain". > >> > >> During a period of time, newly installed Debian systems had their > >> /etc/hosts misconfigured in a way that an installed exim 4 would HELO as > >> localhost.localdomain. I suspect that most rejections based on that rule > >> are false positives, maybe even from systems installed on your own > >> campus. > > > >I don't call that a 'false positive', I call it a misconfigured system > >that needs to be fixed :). > > Agreed. But, is this misconfiguration _that_ bad to reject e-mails?
>From offsite: as I see spam coming in from hosts also calling themselves 'localhost.localdomain', yes. I consider that someone unleashing such a Debian system on the Internet should have enough skill to at least be able to tell it its real name, and I consider it public duty to refuse mail from them to encourage them to do so. >From onsite: yes, because we insist on certain standards for appropriate configuration of machines, or else they get limited or no service. :) Jethro. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jethro R Binks Computing Officer, IT Services University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
