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Subject: Re: SMTP syntax error
From: Mats Dufberg <Mats . Dufberg @ abc . se>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:42:50 +0100 (MET)
To: Jim Savoy <savoy @ hg . uleth . ca>
Cc: MAJORDOMO-USERS @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <009CE339.166DF68A.61@hg.uleth.ca>

On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Jim Savoy wrote:

> Why would I purposely put a period at the end of my helo command, 
> causing a 501 syntax error? Because
> 
> 501 Invalid helo parameter: "amber.online.uleth.ca."
> 
> is the exact error message I get back when I send majordomo mail 
> to anyone subscribed from lethbridgec.ab.ca (and a few other sites).
> I also get this message when I send mail from the command-line, so
> it's not a majordomo problem - I'm sending to this group because
> there is so much traffic and so many experienced postmasters. :-)

You can try to set the domain explicitly in sendmail.cf,

Djamber.online.uleth.ca

without a trailing dot. Remember to restart sendmail before it has any
effect.


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Mats Dufberg                                  Mats.Dufberg@abc.se





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