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The VPOP3 Host Name is used by VPOP3 when it is telling other mail software what it is called. For instance, when it connects to another SMTP server it will send the host name as the parameter for the HELO or EHLO command, and when an SMTP client connects to VPOP3, it announces its name in the welcome banner as required by the SMTP standard. | The VPOP3 Host Name is used by VPOP3 when it is telling other mail software what it is called. For instance, when it connects to another SMTP server it will send the host name as the parameter for the HELO or EHLO command, and when an SMTP client connects to VPOP3, it announces its name in the welcome banner as required by the SMTP standard. | ||
- | Normally | + | In many cases you can just specify a name which looks like a valid host name - e.g. **mail.< |
- | If you can, it can be better | + | It is best to use the actual Internet host name of your mail server and have a reverse DNS value set up pointing to your IP address with that same name in it, but this is usually only useful if you have VPOP3 sending outgoing mail using MX routing. |
//It is not necessary// for the VPOP3 host name to bear any relationship to the email addresses being sent out from that copy of VPOP3, but in many cases they will be in the same domain. | //It is not necessary// for the VPOP3 host name to bear any relationship to the email addresses being sent out from that copy of VPOP3, but in many cases they will be in the same domain. | ||