Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 11:25:47 -0500 From: Randy Rowe <rerowe@rerowe.com> To: "Omar M. Nafees" <omnafees@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sendmail problems Message-ID: <1085070347.2874.11.camel@work.rerowe.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405201040220.23098@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca> References: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0405201040220.23098@student.cs.uwaterloo.ca>
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On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 09:43, Omar M. Nafees wrote: > Hello, > > An 'mail loop back' error occurs whenever I send mail to myself. Here is > the Mail Delivery report: > > > The original message was received at Thu, 20 May 2004 10:40:00 -0400 (EDT) > from localhost.uwaterloo.ca [127.0.0.1] > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <root@hacker.cs.uwaterloo.ca> > (reason: 553 5.3.5 system config error) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 553 5.3.5 hacker.cs.uwaterloo.ca. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?) > 554 5.3.5 Local configuration error > > [ Part 2: "Delivery Status" ] > > Reporting-MTA: dns; hacker.cs > Received-From-MTA: DNS; localhost.uwaterloo.ca > Arrival-Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:40:00 -0400 (EDT) > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; root@hacker.cs.uwaterloo.ca > Action: failed > Status: 5.3.5 > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 553 5.3.5 system config error > Last-Attempt-Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:40:00 -0400 (EDT) > > > [ Part 3: "Included Message" ] > > Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 10:39:59 -0400 (EDT) > From: Charlie ROOT <root@hacker.cs.uwaterloo.ca> > To: Charlie ROOT <root@hacker.cs.uwaterloo.ca> > Subject: test > > test > > > ************************************************************** > > Any ideas as to what the 'local configuration error' could be? Where > should I be looking? > > > Thanks, > Omar > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" An even better bet is that the local configuration error is in /etc/hosts. I just ran across this when I moved a machine from one net to another. Check your ip address settings for your host.
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