From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 21 7:51:35 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megamail.megared.com.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFBAF15520 for ; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 07:51:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ALES (ales.megared.net.mx [207.249.163.249]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA74879; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:46:28 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <015701bf0440$4b4c68a0$d2630a0a@ALES> From: "Alejandro A. Ramirez" To: "Langa Kentane" , "FreeBSD" References: <000501bf0429$ace37020$2ca8ef9b@sunnet.co.za> Subject: Re: sendmail error Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:47:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, You have to tell sendmail via DNS and sendmail.cw file which domains it will receive mail, it seems that you asign an MX record for your computer but not asigned the domain or host to the sendmail.cw file. BTW If you can send more info about the sunnet.co.za domain in your DNS files and your sendmail.cw file, and also tell us if you are administering this domain in your server, all the info you can give us its simpler to trace your problem. Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Langa Kentane To: FreeBSD Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 7:02 AM Subject: sendmail error > While trying to send mail to test my dns & sendmail config my mailer > returned the ff error messaege: > The original message was received at Fri, 2 May 1997 12:02:16 +0200 (SAST) > from root@localhost > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > langa@sunnet.co.za > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 554 MX list for sunnet.co.za. points back to ewok.sunnet.co.za > 554 langa@sunnet.co.za... Local configuration error > > What do I do to sort out this problem. > Thanks in advance > > Langa Kentane > Manager: Network Operations > Sunshine Networks > Tel +27 82 928 1952 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message