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> The very first thing that happens when 2 mail servers start talking  
> is, the
> sending server says "HELO " followed by either its fully qualified  
> domain
> name or its IP address in square brackets. E.g.
>
> HELO mail.watershed.co.uk

Of course, a FQDN always ends in a '.', so that would be invalid too ;)

God I'm sad.

Matt