Re: Relay and HELO

On Wednesday, October 06, 2004 at 05:28 CEST,
Greg Talbot <gtalbot@centerone.com> wrote:

> When using relaying does the HELO command that the "relay server"
> uses for the final MX come from its hostname, or the origional server
> that uses teh relay?

The HELO name is always the name of the current connecting host.
Read RFC 821.

> I am having issues with large networks (AOL, MSN) not allowing a
> connection from the relay. I think this may be an issue with DNS
> and reverse lookups.

That's very likely. It is well-known that at least AOL enforces such a
policy. Obviously, this has nothing to do with HELO.

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Magnus B=E4ck
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