Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:05:07 +0200 From: "Gabor PALI" <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/124147: [patch] Fix Question 5.17 in FAQ Message-ID: <484033c5.1c365e0a.6c72.ffffeaeb@mx.google.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200805301710.m4UHA1Bv073578@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 124147 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [patch] Fix Question 5.17 in FAQ >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 30 17:10:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gabor PALI >Release: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy@disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386 >Description: I think the answer for Question 5.17. ``Why does Sendmail give me an error reading "mail loops back to myself"?'' should be fixed and updated a bit. This Q&A itself can be also found in the FreeBSD Handbook [1], so it is enough to place a link here (the Handbook is also more up-to-date than the FAQ). The error message mentioned in the question marked up by <quote> tags, but they should be <errorname> tags, though. [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/mail-trouble.html#Q26.5.2. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- books.faq.patch.28.diff begins here --- Index: book.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.827 diff -u -r1.827 book.sgml --- book.sgml 27 May 2008 23:51:07 -0000 1.827 +++ book.sgml 30 May 2008 03:00:18 -0000 @@ -3379,41 +3379,14 @@ <qandaentry> <question id="mail-loopback"> <para>Why does Sendmail give me an error reading - <quote><errorname>mail loops back to - myself</errorname></quote>?</para> + <errorname>mail loops back to + myself</errorname>?</para> </question> <answer> - <para>This is answered in the sendmail FAQ as follows:</para> - -<literallayout> * I'm getting "Local configuration error" messages, such as: - - 553 relay.domain.net config error: mail loops back to myself - 554 <user@domain.net>... Local configuration error - - How can I solve this problem? - - You have asked mail to the domain (e.g., domain.net) to be - forwarded to a specific host (in this case, relay.domain.net) - by using an MX record, but the relay machine does not recognize - itself as domain.net. Add domain.net to /etc/mail/local-host-names - (if you are using FEATURE(use_cw_file)) or add "Cw domain.net" - to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf. - </literallayout> - - <para>The current version of the <ulink - url="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/sendmail-faq">sendmail - FAQ</ulink> is no longer maintained with the sendmail release. - It is however regularly posted to <ulink - url="news:comp.mail.sendmail">comp.mail.sendmail</ulink>, - <ulink url="news:comp.mail.misc">comp.mail.misc</ulink>, <ulink - url="news:comp.mail.smail">comp.mail.smail</ulink>, <ulink - url="news:comp.answers">comp.answers</ulink>, and <ulink - url="news:news.answers">news.answers</ulink>. You can also - receive a copy via email by sending a message to - <email>mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu</email> with the command - <literal>send usenet/news.answers/mail/sendmail-faq</literal> - as the body of the message.</para> + <para>You can find a detailed answer for this question + in the <ulink + url="&url.books.handbook;/mail-trouble.html#Q26.5.2.">Handbook</ulink>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> --- books.faq.patch.28.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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