[plug] Re: HELO antispam checks

Cameron Patrick cameron at patrick.wattle.id.au
Mon Oct 18 19:52:14 WST 2004


James Devenish wrote:

> > $ telnet mail.postnewspapers.com.au 25
> > Connected to access.postnewspapers.com.au.
> > Trying 202.72.149.28...
> > Escape character is '^]'.
> > 220 mail.postnewspapers.com.au ESMTP Postfix
> 
> There you go: telnet to port 25 to find out how Exim is advertising
> itself. Use QUIT<enter> or <esc>quit<enter> to escape from telnet.

I think that Tim was asking about what it sends as the "HELO" on
outgoing mail.  (Though for all I know, this might be the same as the
hostname in the banner it prints.)

Cameron.




More information about the plug mailing list