Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:22:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> To: Jwhtencate <Jwhtencate@aol.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: mail loops back to me Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.31.0111261119120.101-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <39.1e2133e9.2930a54f@aol.com>
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On Sat, 24 Nov 2001 Jwhtencate@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I have a common problem that I do find back in several FAQ's but I > don't seem to be able to find the solution. > > > =A0=A0 ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > someone@vwhatever.com > =A0 =A0 (reason: system config error) > > =A0=A0 ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 553 5.3.5 whatever.com.mydomainname.com. config error: mail loops back to= me > (MX problem?) > 554 5.3.5 Someone@whatever.com... Local configuration error > > > I see so many FAQs about this subject but no answer is understandable eno= ugh > for me to find the solution. > I never see mentioned that my domain name is actually added to the addres= s of > the person i want to send an email to. > The strange thing is: =A0it does not always go wrong !!! > If I send an email to any AOL address or hotmail address, it all works fi= ne > and people do get the email but every other one (in general overseas) com= es > back in the way I described. > > Anyone one any idea ? Looks like there are potentially two problems here; fixing the first may make the second go away. 1. Check that any absolute addresses in your DNS configuration end with a "." This might fix your problem. 2. If it doesn't, ensure that you tell sendmail that it should be handling mail for that domain. You do this by creating a list of domain names (one per line) in /etc/mail/local-host-names. --=20 jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk "I like oranges more than apples!?" - that's like comparing apples and oran= ges! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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