[KLUG Members] smtp probelm

[Jason Edward Durrett]

After some more digging, I found this is not an exim issue at all but it
has to do with the mail client.  Outlook and Evolution both insert the
host name in the header like this  (helo=[shackman5.local]) and those
clients can send to aol addresses without a problem.  Thunderbird,
however, inserts the originating host ip like this (helo=[10.3.1.19])
and that seems to generate the aol error.

Now, does anybody know where Thunderbird is pulling this from?  It is
not hostname and it is not a dns lookup.

Jason Edward Durrett wrote:
> Good - at least I am not the only one.
> 
> I am pretty sure the problem is in the header - I just can't seem to
> find a way for exim to do a lookup on the originating ip.  Changing the
> host_lookup option in the config file seems to have no effect.
> 
> 
> 
> Richard Zimmerman wrote:
>> Funny, I was just troubleshooting the very same issue. Definitely looks
>> like an AOL issue. My co-worker was sending a text email with *NO* <a
>> href> references anywhere in the email.
>>
>> Richard "Goose" Zimmerman
>> K&B Transport, Elkhart Indiana
>>
>> Jason Edward Durrett wrote:
>>> A problem just cropped up sending to AOL addresses.  This is the error
>>> from their help page:
>>>
>>> EXPLANATION:
>>> One or more URLs in your message contain an IP address in place of a
>>> domain name.
>>>
>>> SOLUTION:
>>>  Please make sure that all URLs in your message contain domain names and
>>> not IP addresses. All <a href> tags must be entered as a domain name and
>>> not an IP address.
>>>
>>> This is the part of the header that contains the problem:
>>>
>>> Return-path: <jed at shackman.com>
>>> Received: from [64.136.243.221] (helo=[10.3.1.19])
>>>     by mail.shackman.com with esmtps
>>>
>>>
>>> If I am sending directly from the mail server, ie using mutt, the
>>> message goes through just fine.  Does anyone know where to change an
>>> exim configuration so the header contains the originating host name
>>> instead of an ip address?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
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