[BlueOnyx:10403] Re: incorrect HELO

[Gerald Waugh]

On 04/30/2012 05:02 AM, Colin Jack wrote:
> We recently updated one of our servers (VPS on Aventurin{e}) using yum and now have been listed on CBL because "This IP address is HELO'ing as "localhost.localdomain" which violates the relevant standards (specifically: RFC5321)"
> 
> Looking in my hosts file I have
> 
> # /etc/hosts
> # Auto-generated file.  Keep your customizations at the bottom of this file.
> 127.0.0.1        localhost localhost.localdomain
> 192.168.2.6             server1.localdomain  server1-venet0:0.localdomain server1-venet0:0
> #END of auto-generated code.  Customize beneath this line.
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost server1.fast-mail.net
> # Auto-generated hostname. Please do not remove this comment.
> 192.168.2.6 server1.<CORRECTDOMAIN> server1-venet0:0.localdomain server1.localdomain server1-venet0:0.<CORRECTDOMAIN>  server1 server1-venet0:0
> ### Begin - Nuonce hosts Fix
> 127.0.0.1       server1.<CORRECTDOMAIN>
> 192.168.2.6     server1.<CORRECTDOMAIN>
> ###  End  - Nuonce hosts Fix
> [root at server1 etc]#
> 
> I amended the details as follows, but obviously these are auto-generated and it will 'break' again. Where else can I fix this permanently?
> 
> # /etc/hosts
> # Auto-generated file.  Keep your customizations at the bottom of this file.
> 127.0.0.1        server1 server1.<CORRECTDOMAIN>
> 192.168.2.6             server1.<CORRECTDOMAIN> server1-venet0:0.localdomain server1-venet0:0
> #END of auto-generated code.  Customize beneath this line.
> 

FYI the heder in this email

from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lists.blueonyx.it
(8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q3UA2seA009436; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 06:03:01
-0400

Unless you modified /etc/hosts after.

What does executing ' hostname ' yield/

-- 
Gerald