[geeks] A puzzling mail error

[Phil Stracchino]

10.24.32.35 is a Windows 2000 PC with Thunderbird 2.0.0.[mumble].  It's
been working fine until three days ago, when I updated it to 2.0.0.14.
No other configuration changes have been made.

That's when this started happening:

Jun 24 19:04:56 babylon5 postfix/smtpd[27566]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT
from pond.babcom.com[10.24.32.25]: 553 5.7.1 <[127.0.0.1]>: Helo command
rejected: mail server in loopback network (test);
from=<goose at caerllewys.net> to=<alaric at caerllewys.net> proto=ESMTP
helo=<[127.0.0.1]>


I like the way it asserts that 10.24.32.35 is 127.0.0.1.  Or is it
trying to tell me that pond (.35) just suddenly started claiming to be
loopback in its HELO?  It seems kinda surprising a release would have
gotten out the door if it did something that blatant.



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