Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:42:07 -0600 From: Randy Berndt <rberndt@nething.com> To: sreid@edmbbs.iceonline.com, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: named/sendmail problem: "MX points back..." Message-ID: <2.2.16.19960305114234.2547a5e8@nething.com>
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>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. Cw determines what hosts are handled locally by the sendmail process. If it is not in the Cw then sendmail tries to hand off to someone else (unfortunately, itself...) and after the requisite number of bounces, you get the message. To cure, put: Cwlocalhost Cwkirk.edmnet.com Cwedmnet.com in your sendmail.cf Randy Berndt <rberndt@nething.com> ---------------------------------- AOS/VS, FreeBSD, DOS: I'm caught in a maze of twisty little command interpreters, all different.
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