From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jun 27 02:55:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA19661 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:55:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (www.degnet.baynet.de [194.95.214.129]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id CAA19615 for ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 02:55:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from malte@webmore.com) Received: from neuron.webmore.com (unverified [194.95.214.178]) by cyclone.degnet.baynet.de (EMWAC SMTPRS 0.83) with SMTP id ; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:56:52 +0200 Received: (from malte@webmore.com) by neuron.webmore.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03931; Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:52:33 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Sat, 27 Jun 1998 11:52:33 +0200 (CEST) Reply-To: malte@webmore.com From: Malte Lance To: Britton Johnson Subject: RE: Problem with sendmail/MX settings Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You built a loop !: home.macross.net is the mailexchanger for macross.net, NOT the receiver for mail adressed to macross.net. So the mail goes: ... -> home.macross.net (machine thinks: i am not macross.net, so pass that mail to macross.net on to the MX) -> home.macross.net looks up the MX and finds: home.macross.net BOOOM. What to do: Either add > macross.net. IN NS ns.macross.net. > macross.net. IN NS ns1.macross.net. macross.net IN A 199.217.200.32 to your DNS-config or let sendmail do the work: Cwmacross.net (in /etc/sendmail.cf) or Fw-o /etc/sendmail.cw (in /etc/sendmail.cf AND edit /etc/sendmail.cw to contain macross.net) Malte. On 25-Jun-98 Britton Johnson wrote: > Hello all, > > I am running 2.2.6 with bind 4.9.6 and the default sendmail. I > think I may have a very basic problem here, with an easy fix except I'm > not that familiar with the inner workings of sendmail. What I am trying > to set up is a way to have the mail sent to just my domain name to go to > one host. I set up the MX record like this: > > macross.net. IN NS ns.macross.net. > macross.net. IN NS ns1.macross.net. > > ns IN A 199.217.200.30 > ns1 IN A 199.217.200.31 > home IN A 199.217.200.32 > > macross.net. IN MX 50 home.macross.net. > > > Now. Here is what I get if I send a message to johnson@macross.net: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > To: postmaster@ns.macross.net, johnson@lindenwood.edu > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem > Subject: Returned mail: Local configuration error > > The original message was received at Thu, 25 Jun 1998 11:33:20 -0500 (CDT) > from gatekeeper.lindenwood.edu [199.217.137.66] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 554 MX list for macross.net. points back to home.macross.net > 554 ... Local configuration error > --------------------------------------- > > At this point I realize that either I am missing something in my > DNS (which I _think_ looks good) or sendmail needs some tweaking. If > anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it. > > > > - Britton Johnson, Ass't System Admin. Lindenwood University, St. Charles, > MO - > Disclaimer: Any typos, grammatical errors, and/or lapses of > intelligence are purely intentional. Don't try this at home. ;-) > > ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Malte Lance Date: 27-Jun-98 Time: 11:12:57 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message