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#! rnews 2570 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.osf.osf1,comp.unix.hpux,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.aix Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!blackbush.xlink.net!pegasus.PFM-Mainz.de!forthdv.pfm-mainz.de!stephan From: stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth) Subject: Re: Q: sendmail error: "loopsback to me" Followup-To: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.osf.osf1,comp.unix.hpux,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.aix X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Organization: Forth EDV Beratung + Schulung Message-ID: <1996Jun6.071637.11341@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> References: <NEWTNews.833735180.5107.masinter@bart.networkss.com> <1996Jun3.045351.26860@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de> <mattp.833896360@zap.io.org> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1996 07:16:37 GMT Lines: 47 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.sco.misc:18755 comp.unix.osf.osf1:14060 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:3732 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20798 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:3947 comp.unix.aix:78104 Matt of the Long Red Hair (mattp@zap.io.org) wrote: : stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de (Stephan Forth) writes: : >include a statement like: Fw/etc/sendmail.cw : >in your sendmail.cf. Edit (create) the file sendmail.cw and include : >all machine/domain-names you like to receive mail for. : >e.g.: : >your-domain : >machine.at.other.domain : I've been having a similar problem .. the message my local sendmail is : returning is this: : ----- Transcript of session follows ----- : 553 conundrum.com config error: mail loops back to myself : 554 <mattp@conundrum.com>... Local configuration error : I tried adding Fw/etc/sendmail.cw to my sendmail.cf file, then creating a : sendmail.cw file that looks like this: : -- : ; domains to receive mail for : ; : conundrum.com : -- : That doesn't work either .. same error. Should the file look like this : instead: ? : -- : ; domains to receive mail for : ; : conundrum.com. 86400 MX 0 conundrum.com. : conundrum.com. 86400 MX 10 mail.io.org. : -- No it shouldn't. The format of the first one is correct. If this doesn't work, you might have a problem with the DNS... Regards, Stephan -- FORTH EDV Beratung + Schulung stephan@forthdv.pfm-mainz.de Martin-Luther-Str. 55 voice: +49 6131 581072 55131 Mainz, Germany fax: +49 6131 509251