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From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Subject: MX error
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Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 20:22:51 GMT
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Hi, I am still on 1.1.5.1, and run into a problem receiving mails sent to
localhost. Basically, the machine *used* to have an Ethernet card, but has
been ripped away now, and I leava the hostname and domainname being the
same as before. Now, I got myself connected to an ISP via SLIP, and I have
the slip interface sl0 configured and set to the domainname as given by my
services provider. In brief :

ed0 = lespoir.my.private.domain
hostname = lespoir
domainname = my.private.domain
sl0 = gw.isp.domain

However, since the Ethernet card is no longer exists, I will never be able
to say telnet/ftp into lespoir.my.private.domain, so what I have done is

	ifconfig sl0 alias lespoir.my.private.domain!

Also, in my DNS data file, I keep non-authoritative data for sl0's name, ie:

	gw.isp.domain.	IN	A	210.21.64.13

Now, since my own domain is still NOT YET delegated to any other hosts on the
net, I am using gw.isp.domain temporary to reach my FreeBSD box. It works for
telnet/ftp except mail. Whenever I mail to wongm@gw.isp.domain, I got the
following error in return mail :

   ----- The following addresses had delivery problems -----
wongm@gw.isp.domain (unrecoverable error)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 lespoir.my.private.domain config error: mail loops back to myself
554 wongm@gw.isp.domain... Local configuration error

  Note I DO NOT have any MX record for gw.isp.domain, but I do have this :

	*.my.private.domain	IN	MX	10	lespoir

Does anyone have a cure for my email problem without having to change my
hostname and domainname to be that for SLIP, ie gw.isp.domain ? I keep the
old domainname because the FreeBSD box is used as a gateway locally, and
the Ethenet card will go back soon.

Thanks in advance.