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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!news.nsw.CSIRO.AU!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.sojourn.com!not-for-mail From: jihad@sojourn.com (Skeeter Hartwig) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Network configuration Date: 14 Aug 1996 00:33:10 GMT Organization: Sojourn Systems, Lansing, MI (USA) Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4ur6s6$8fj@tkhut.sojourn.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell.sojourn.com X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Ok, I have this machine that has not only its official internet name, but also is unofficially aliased to something else. Its official name is rogue.coe.ohio-state.edu. The alias is mayhem.imaginary.com. Now the alias seems to work fine for everything except sending mail to someone with the alias. Like if I tried to send to jihad@mayhem.imaginary.com, I'd get a bounced letter, and the part of the letter is the following 'explanation': ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 553 rogue.coe.ohio-state.edu config error: mail loops back to myself 554 jihad@mayhem.imaginary.com... Local configuration error If I use the official name of the machine, mail works fine. However, I'd like to be able to use the alias for mail as well. Do I need to add the alias mayhem.imaginary.com to one of the config files on the machine?