Re: Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname being in a home network

Martin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.jakarta.james.user
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It is still possible to run from a dynamic IP.  I solved it by setting 
the helo domain to the domain of my ISP (<helloName 
autodetect="false">tx.res.rr.com</helloName>), which works fine for 
inbound connections, and using Google's SMTP service for outbound mail.  
Using this setup, I don't get any rejections, and virtually no spam ever 
gets through either.  Using my own SMTP for outbound works for most, but 
is rejected by some (particularly Microsoft setups....).

On 11/29/20 3:58 PM, David Matthews wrote:
> hi Pablo
>
>> But this setup is in a home network. The setup uses Dynamic DNS where the james server is behind the router, and the router is forwarding ports 25, 587 to the james server.
>>
> I used to do something like that 15 years ago, but I wouldn't think of trying to run a mail server from inside a home network now. Even then a lot of mail got grey listed; I'm surprised you get gmail to accept mail at all now.
>
> I think that email servers in general do not like dealing with anything without a static ip address. I'm pretty sure that's the case if you're on the end of a broadband home connection and I'd guess the same applies if you try and use a dynamic DNS service.
>
> I'm not certain this is the problem you have just now (although I think it might be), but I don't think what you're trying to do is going to lead to a happy life. If you want to run an email server (an excellent idea!) I'd suggest getting a VM from someone like linode.
>
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