[Xitami] DNS and VHosting

Brian {Hamilton Kelly} xitami@lists.xitami.org
Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:42:23 +0100


In message <10406695697.20020611123107@rci.rutgers.edu>
   Paul Reid writes:
> > Is there another way of doing this or tricking the email server so
> > no matter which site generates the form and subsequent email that
> > it reflects the correct DNS name (site name) that it came from?
> 
> Probably not, unless you run your own mailserver and play tricks
> with it. Most mailservers will expect their name to match DNS
> records.

Moreover, the latest relevant standard (RFC-2821) demands that the name
used in the EHLO or HELO command shall be the FQDN of the client, and not
even a CNAME.

-- 
Brian {Hamilton Kelly}                                          bhk@dsl.co.uk
    "We have gone from a world of concentrated knowledge and wisdom to one of
    distributed ignorance.  And we know and understand less while being incr-
    easingly capable."              Prof. Peter Cochrane, formerly of BT Labs