[Pkg-exim4-users] Setting HELO string with macro REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Debian Exim folks,


I am using exim4-config 4.94.2-7, and try to set the HELO string, as
the configured hostname does not match the name configured in the DNS
records.

    $ more /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/000_localmacros
    MAIN_TLS_ENABLE = true
    daemon_smtp_port = 25:587
    REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA = mail.gw90.de

But Exim still announces the hostname from `hostname -f` to the other
MTA and not the one from `000_localmacros`.

`/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/10_exim4-config_transport-macros` has:

    .ifdef REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_FROM_DNS
    .ifdef REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA
    REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA==${lookup dnsdb {ptr=$sending_ip_address}{$value}{$primary_hostname}}
    .else
    REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA=${lookup dnsdb {ptr=$sending_ip_address}{$value}{$primary_hostname}}
    .endif
    .endif

`/etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/30_exim4-config_remote_smtp` has:

    .ifdef REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA
      helo_data=REMOTE_SMTP_HELO_DATA
    .endif

What am I missing? (As a workaround I changed the hostname, but that is
not wanted.)


Kind regards,

Paul
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