Re: [vps-mail] Multiple domain on VPS - rDNS for mail doesn't match mail server

[Bennett Lanford <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Bennett Lanford wrote:

> Marjolein Katsma <tfyj8lv02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> > But when someone sends mail to anaddress@xxxxxxxxxx the mail server says
> > it's javawoman.com.
> > DNS has an MX record for hshelp.com, hshelp.com resolves to an IP - but the
> > rDNS for that IP is javawoman.com.
> >
> > This non-match is the problem.
>
> I don't know how to make sendmail respond differently for each domain, but you
> can change the greeting that sendmail (always) gives by adding the following
> to your sendmail macro configuration file:

The above should read that you can change the *hostname* in your greeting
by adding the following:

>
> define(`confDOMAIN_NAME',`hshelp.com')
>
> Alternately, you could change your SMTP greeting message (which defaults to
> "$j Sendmail $v/$Z; $b"). In your server's case that expands to:
>
> 220 javawoman.com ESMTP Sendmail 8.12.10/8.12.10; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:04:40
> -0700 (MST)
>
> (Notice that it inserts "ESMTP" whether you ask for it or not.)
>
> The $j macro in the default greeting message is your server's official
> canonical name (which you can change by setting confDOMAIN_NAME).
>
> To change your SMTP greeting message, you can add something like the following
> to your sendmail mc file:
>
> define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG',`This mail server is ready to go.')
>
> AFAIK, sendmail always inserts "ESMTP" between the first and second word of
> the greeting, so the above would result in "This ESMTP mail server is ready to
> go."
>
> If you are content with naming your server hshelp.com, and want your own
> greeting, you might add these two lines to your mc file:
>
> define(`confDOMAIN_NAME',`hshelp.com')
> define(`confSMTP_LOGIN_MSG',`$j This mail server is ready to go.')
>
> (Notice that I added $j back into the greeting. It is a convention of sorts
> for the greeting to start with the server name ...) Unless I overlooked
> something, the above will result in a greeting of:
>
> "220 hshelp.com ESMTP This mail server is ready to go."
>
> Ben
>
> (P.S. If you don't know what an mc [macro configuration] file is, mention it
> on this mailing list, and we'll tell you what to do. Be sure to indicate
> whether your server is VPS1 or VPS2 ... or something else.)
>
> --
> Bennett Lanford
> ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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