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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: MX record
In-Reply-To: <01bd2cd9$edab6500$112ccecf@graphic.wilkshire.net> from Jeff Hartman at "Jan 29, 98 12:18:34 pm"
To: jeff@wilkshire.net (Jeff Hartman)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 09:40:02 -0800 (PST)
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Jeff Hartman wrote:
> i am experimenting with a copy of freebsd.
> 
> i have a machine called techcenter.wilkshire.com
> i want to have an MX record to resolve email as
> the following:
> 
> jeff@wilkshire.com
> 
> wilkshire.com will be the same machine as techcenter.wilkshire.com
> i tried using the following to resolve email for wilkshire.com:
> 
> wilkshire.com.    A      207.206.44.5
> www     IN     CNAME    wilkshire.com.
>             IN      MX          5       wilkshire.com.
> 
> this did not work, i get a system error from host saying:
> SYSERR(host): wilkshire.com. config error : mail loops back to me (MX
> PROBLEM?)

	wilkshire.com must be part of the class w in /etc/sendmail.cf.

	add this line to your sendmamil.cf and restart sendmail

	Cwwilkshire.com
jmb