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From: tom@uniserve.com (Tom Samplonius)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: [Q] sendmail
Date: 3 Jul 1995 23:13:58 GMT
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In article <3t9evb$l06@decaxp.harvard.edu>, itsymbal@scws35.harvard.edu 
says...
>
>I have a machine that has more than one name mapped to it.
>
>When I send mail to an address at that machine, it gives an error:
>Local configuration error: Mail loops back to myself.

  Read the sendmail FAQ on ftp.cs.berkeley.edu

>I was told to put all names for this machine in /etc/sendmail.cw file, 
>but that didn't fix the problem. Is that the proper name of that file? 

  The name is dendant on the setup in sendmail.cf


Tom