Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 08:45:46 -700 From: "Troy Cobb" <troy@solve.com> To: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: named/sendmail problem: "MX points back..." Message-ID: <199603051542.IAA14650@boulder.earthnet.net>
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> > This is not a FreeBSD-specific question, but other than that I think I > have the right mailing list... > > I'm trying to configure DNS for our site, which will soon be connected > to the internet. I have named.hosts set up so that access to edmnet.com > connects to kirk.edmnet.com. I've set this up as shown in RFC-1912, with > the two 'A' records pointing to the same IP address. I also have > kirk.edmnet.com set up as primary MX for the domain. > > The problem is, when I try to send mail to user@edmnet.com, sendmail > complains that "MX record for edmnet.com. points back to kirk.edmnet.com" > and the mail bounces. > > I don't know if this is a problem with DNS or sendmail. I can't see > anything wrong with the named.hosts file, and the sendmail.cf file is > the default that comes with FreeBSD. RFC-1912 mentions a "Cw" flag for > sendmail, but I can't find enough documentation on this option to > determine exactly what it does, and if/how it can fix the problem. > > This is a fairly basic setup, but I can't find any info on this > problem... I'd appreciate any help I can get. The ORA "Bat" Book (Sendmail) should help you there. [in clearer speak, get: sendmail O'Reilly & Associates, Inc - publisher] - Troy
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