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Date:      Sun, 20 Apr 2003 11:48:11 -0400
From:      Christopher Nehren <apeiron@comcast.net>
To:        Konrad Neitzel <neitzel@softmediatec.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Same old sendmail "loops back to me", not solved with FAQ, etc.
Message-ID:  <1050853690.2369.38.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <200304201548.38601.neitzel@softmediatec.de>
References:  <1050842887.2369.9.camel@prophecy.dyndns.org> <200304201548.38601.neitzel@softmediatec.de>

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On Sun, 2003-04-20 at 09:48, Konrad Neitzel wrote:
> das "loops back to me" means, that the sendmail thinks, that it must=20
> send the eMail to another computer and when doing that, he connects to=20
> himself (directly or over another mailserver).
> The main reason for that is normaly:
> Your computer is resolved for the host, but the mailserver thinks, that=20
> it isn't responsible for that host.

I know what the message means -- I spent hours going through sendmail
list archives looking for a solution besides "go read the FAQ" (which
I've done, and followed, and reiterated multiple times, to no avail).

> Maybe you just want to give us some more information about your problem.=20
> To what adress do you send an eMail? What error comes back? Give us the=20
> configuration of sendmail, ....

I'm trying to send mail from an OpenBSD router on my home network to a
machine on that network. The error message that I get is the typical
"mail loops back to me (MX problem?)". I've set up my service.switch
file to use /etc/hosts instead of trying to use DNS to resolve the host.
Yes, I've read the FAQ, as I stated before. I've followed it. I've
searched mailing list archives for the error message. I think the
webadmin of theaimsgroup.com honestly believes that I'm trying to DoS
their site by now. ;)

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

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