From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 23 23:25:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from imo-m04.mx.aol.com (imo-m04.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C50D37B417 for ; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 23:25:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from Jwhtencate@aol.com by imo-m04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.9.) id n.39.1e2133e9 (4394) for ; Sat, 24 Nov 2001 02:25:04 -0500 (EST) From: Jwhtencate@aol.com Message-ID: <39.1e2133e9.2930a54f@aol.com> Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 02:25:03 EST Subject: mail loops back to me To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_39.1e2133e9.2930a54f_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10536 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --part1_39.1e2133e9.2930a54f_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I have a common problem that I do find back in several FAQ'sbut I don't seem= =20 to be able to find the solution. =A0=A0 ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- someone@vwhatever.com =A0 =A0 (reason: system config error) =A0=A0 ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 553 5.3.5 whatever.com.mydomainname.com. config error: mail loops back to me= =20 (MX problem?) 554 5.3.5 Someone@whatever.com... Local configuration error I see so many FAQs about this subject but no answer is understandable enough= =20 for me to find the solution. I never see mentioned that my domain name is actually added to the address o= f=20 the person i want to send an email to. The strange thing is: =A0it does not always go wrong !!! If I send an email to any AOL address or hotmail address, it all works fine=20 and people do get the email but every other one (in general overseas) comes=20 back in the way I described.=20 Anyone one any idea ? Jwhtencate@aol.com --part1_39.1e2133e9.2930a54f_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,

I have a common problem that I do find back in several FAQ'sbut I don't=20= seem to be able to find the solution.


=A0=A0 ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
someone@vwhatever.com
=A0 =A0 (reason: system config error)

=A0=A0 ----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 5.3.5 whatever.com.mydomainname.com. config error: mail loops= back to me (MX problem?)
554 5.3.5 Someone@whatever.com... Local configuration error


I see so many FAQs about this subject but no answer is understandable en= ough for me to find the solution.
I never see mentioned that my domain name is actually added to the addre= ss of the person i want to send an email to.
The strange thing is: =A0it does not always go wrong !!!
If I send an email to any AOL address or hotmail address, it all works f= ine and people do get the email but every other one (in general overseas) co= mes back in the way I described.=20

Anyone one any idea ?

Jwhtencate@aol.com
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