From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 5 09:00:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA08534 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 09:00:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mercury.jorsm.com (jeff@mercury.jorsm.com [205.199.2.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA08525 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 09:00:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jeff@localhost) by mercury.jorsm.com (8.6.12/8.6.10) id LAA07641; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:00:49 -0600 Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:00:49 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeff.Lynch-JORSM.Internet" To: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com cc: isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: named/sendmail problem: "MX points back..." In-Reply-To: <9603050502.D8391Tc@edmbbs.iceonline.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 5 Mar 1996 sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com wrote: > 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. In sendmail.cf put, Cw edmnet.com kirk.edmnet.com and kill -HUP the sendmail process id. ========================================================================= Jeff Lynch JORSM Internet mailbot: info@jorsm.com Northwest Indiana's Full-Service Provider V:(219)322-2180 http://www.jorsm.com