<div dir="ltr">Yes, many, but not all, SMTP servers require a fully valid hostname, with domain, in the HELO.<div><br></div><div>Often then will do a lookup on it in DNS to make sure it is real/exists as well. Some even insist that the IP they get match the IP that the SMTP connection is from.</div><div><br><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 3:36 PM Grand Rapids Linux Users Group <<a href="mailto:grlug@grlug.org">grlug@grlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 5 Aug 2021, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group wrote:<br>
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> What is your sender SMTP sending as for HELO ?<br>
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> "fully qualified" means the receiver is expecting a full host and domain<br>
> name.<br>
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Ahh, .. same error on the receiving MTA:<br>
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connect from <a href="http://majordomo.mailman.dd.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">majordomo.mailman.dd.org</a>[24.38.28.134]<br>
Aug 5 13:14:10 mx2 postfix/smtpd[13410]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from<br>
<a href="http://majordomo.mailman.dd.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">majordomo.mailman.dd.org</a>[24.38.28.134]: 504 <majordomo>: Helo command<br>
rejected: need fully-qualified hostname; from=<<a href="mailto:postorius@mailman.dd.org" target="_blank">postorius@mailman.dd.org</a>><br>
to=<<a href="mailto:lvl@omnitec.net" target="_blank">lvl@omnitec.net</a>> proto=ESMTP helo=<majordomo><br>
Aug 5 13:14:10 mx2 postfix/smtpd[13410]: disconnect from<br>
<a href="http://majordomo.mailman.dd.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">majordomo.mailman.dd.org</a>[24.38.28.134]<br>
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Have never used a subdomain before, ... but that is what they wanted.<br>
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Thanks!!<br>
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