Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 06:47:36 -0500 From: Ryugen@palaver.org (Ryugen C. Fisher) To: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Returned mail: Local configuration error Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20000825064518.00ad7980@mail.palaver.org> In-Reply-To: <20000825003109.A322@earthlink.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20000824202846.00ac5910@mail.palaver.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20000824202846.00ac5910@mail.palaver.org>
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<html> <font size=3>The error went away when I added a correctly formatted sendmail.cw record for the main domain name .... I knew it was simple, but the macro that pointed to the file needed to be uncommented as well ....<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> At 11:31 PM 08/24/2000, Eric Ogren wrote:<br> <blockquote type=cite cite>[CCing the list again in case someone else runs into this]<br> <br> From the sendmail FAQ:<br> <br> I'm getting these error messages:<br> 553 MX list for domain.net points back to relay.domain.net<br> 554 <user@domain.net>... Local configuration error<br> How can I solve this problem?<br> You have asked mail to a domain (e.g., domain.net) to be forwarded to<br> a specific host (in this case, relay.domain.net) by using an MX<br> record, but the relay machine doesn't recognize itself as domain.net.<br> Add domain.net to /etc/mail/local-host-names [known as<br> /etc/sendmail.cw prior to version 8.10] (if you are using<br> FEATURE(`use_cw_file')) or add "Cw domain.net" to your configuration<br> file.<br> <br> So, basically mortgage.gorman-gorman.com doesn't know it's supposed to be<br> accepting mail for gorman-gorman.com. Add gorman-gorman.com to the<br> /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file, kill -HUP sendmail, and try again.<br> <br> Eric<br> <br> On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 08:29:15PM -0500, Ryugen C. Fisher wrote:<br> > I have managed to reduce the errors to this<br> > <br> > >Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:31:50 -0500 (CDT)<br> > >From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@gorman-gorman.com><br> > >To: postmaster@mortgage.gorman-gorman.com<br> > >To: <Ryugen@palaver.org><br> > >Subject: Returned mail: Local configuration error<br> > >Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)<br> > ><br> > > ----- Transcript of session follows -----<br> > >554 MX list for gorman-gorman.com. points back to mortgage.gorman-gorman.com<br> > >554 <framis@gorman-gorman.com>... Local configuration error<br> > >Reporting-MTA: dns; mortgage.gorman-gorman.com<br> > >Received-From-MTA: DNS; mail5.primary.net<br> > >Arrival-Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 20:31:49 -0500 (CDT) </font></blockquote></html> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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