[Gllug] Naming of local private network

Xander D Harkness xander at harkness.co.uk
Wed Aug 20 08:51:58 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 09:31, Chris Bell wrote:
> Hello,
>    I am running a local private network with its own mailserver and DNS, but
> its name is not a derivative of my single registered IP name and address. Is
> this likely to cause problems with email filtering systems which may see my
> correct IP address but an unexpected (helo=.......)?
> 
Depending upon your mailserver you can set the helo, certainly in
Sendmail and Exim this can be done :-)

As is often repeated on the exim list - it is best to be truthful about
your public introductions :-)

Kind regards
Xander
> -- 
> Chris Bell
> 


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