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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Sendmail to the local host
Date: 30 Dec 1995 20:58:23 GMT
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caddy@osprey.unf.edu (Cliff Addy) writes:
>   However, if I try to mail to admin@addy.com,
> the mailer complains about that "mail loops back to myself."

Basic configuration error. :-)

You try to alias a mail domain to a host in that domain.

	Cw addy.com

is your friend.

(either in your .mc file, or directly in sendmail.cf)

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)