Date: Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:00:50 GMT From: James Raynard <fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk> To: gpalmer@freebsd.org Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Santiago Zapata: mx records & sendmail Message-ID: <199607101000.KAA00997@jraynard.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <29560.836957828@palmer.demon.co.uk> (message from Gary Palmer on Wed, 10 Jul 1996 01:17:08 %2B0100)
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> Someone want to add an appropriate question/answer for this to the > FAQ? It's getting to be a VERY FAQ, and is definate material for the > FAQ, even after we get the mail handbook section written... Or perhaps just point them at the sendmail FAQ? Anyway, I'll put something in this evening (GMT). > P.S.Yes, I know I should probably just go write it myself and commit > it, since I have commit privs, but I've got a lot to do, and I'm > also off the air from tomorrow (for a while) ... Thanks. In the circumstances, consider yourself excused :-) > Hi: > > I am trying to setup a DNS & mail server. I would like to have e-mail > addresses like: name@my_domain. > > I am having problems configuring the mail server. DNS works OK, mail server > works OK as long as I direct messages to a specific host. > Could someone give me some hints and/or pointers ? > > I already configured the hosts file for DNS with an MX record, and I also > did some changes to the sendmail.cf file following the TCP/IP Network Admin > book from O'Reilly, however I am getting the following error: > > ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- > <sz@cabonet.net.mx> (unrecoverable error) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 554 MX list for cabonet.net.mx. points back to dns > 554 <sz@cabonet.net.mx>... Local configuration error -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk http://www.freebsd.org/~jraynard/
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