[Pkg-exim4-users] configureing exim4 - setting hostname

[Andreas Metzler]

On 2005-06-13 Greg Post <gpost@pierwisconsin.org> wrote:
[...]
> > I don't think so. The remote host is rejecting the connection before
> > exim has identified itself in ehlo.

> > You can verify this with
> > swaks -s the.remote.server.that.failed -f 'gpost@pierwisconsin.org' \
> >    -t postmaster -q rcpt

> This command did not work for me?  Is this an exim4 tool?

apt-get install swaks

[...] 
> > Give your host a real name instead of "localhost" (in /etc/hostname).
> >                  cu andreas

> I do have a proper hostname in my hostname file, however it is still
> being reported as localhost.localdomain when I telenet to my machines
> port 25.
[...]

Please show /etc/hostname /etc/hosts /etc/resolv.conf and the output
of hostname -f
             cu andreas
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