> I get a startup message like this: > > Mar 11 03:02:52 lorax sm-mta[22980]: h2B92pBL022966: SYSERR(root): > x74-47.forestry.umn.edu. config error: mail loops back to me (MX > problem?) > Mar 11 03:02:52 lorax sm-mta[22985]: h2B92qBL022981: SYSERR(root): > x74-47.forestry.umn.edu. config error: mail loops back to me (MX > problem?) > Mar 11 10:15:49 lorax su: kwythers to root on /dev/ttyp0 > > According to what I've read in the sendmail FAQ, it looks like I need to > add my local hostname to /etc/mail/local-host-names.
Create /etc/mail/local-hostnames and simply add your domain name to it, then HUP sendmail. What's happening is that your smtp server receives the mail, doesn't know it should keep it, and sends it out to the mx for your domain. If that box is the MX for the domain, this will cause an infinite loop, as the server will never keep the message for final delivery. Hope this helps. Steve > However my system > does not seems to have a local-host-names file. Why wasn't this file > created when I did a standard cd install? Is this something I need to > add manually? Or am I completely on the wrong track here? > > thanks > > -- > Kirk R. Wythers Department of Forest Resources > Tel: 612.625.2261 University of Minnesota > Fax: 612.625.521 1530 Cleveland Ave. N > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Saint Paul, MN 55108 USA > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
