Return to BSD News archive
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!gatech!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!news3.noc.netcom.net!zdc!zippo!usenet From: John Talbot <talbot> Subject: Re: sendmail error Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: usenet@news.zippo.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Nntp-Posting-Host: 199.6.18.7 Organization: Zippo Message-ID: <DFD6CD.389@news.zippo.com> X-Url: news:43o7a8$pg8@kaiwan.kaiwan.com References: <43o7a8$pg8@kaiwan.kaiwan.com> X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; OSF1 V3.0 alpha) Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 15:14:36 GMT Lines: 21 >HI there, > Does anyone know what this error means and how can I fix it ? > > sendmail[174]: VAA01468: SYSERR(root):winternet.winternet.net config >error : mail loop back to myself > > >Thanks, PLease send an e-mail to edchiu@kaiwan.com because my sendmail is not >working right now. >Edchiu@kaiwan.com ed, if it's an SGI/IRIX, you have a name racing condition where the mail is looping on the DNS lookups. it usually happens when the box in't configured to use a forwarder or mail relay properly. on sgi's using an auto sendmail.cf, you need to look at sendmail.params for the info/settings. also see the man page for configmail good luck, John Talbot Parametric Technology Corp. dude@ptc.com