Problem with SMTP Configuration, getting an MX Loop (Help ?)

[ric...@ameritech.net]

Ok when I send a message to myself i get the following error

The original message was received at Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:50:08 -0400
from [207.75.228.229]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<ro...@avalys.com>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 mail.avalys.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
554 <ro...@avalys.com>... Local configuration error

in my named avalys.com file i have it set up pretty much like this

@ IN SOA herbie.avalys.com. root.avalys.com. (
serial/retry #'s

NS ns
MX 10 mail

mail A 207.75.228.230
herbie A 207.75.228.230
ns A 207.75.228.230

(obviously this was simplified but should convey the nesseary information) is
having "herbie.avalys.com." in the contact information on the first line my
varment ? ?

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[Joachim Achtzehnter]

ric...@ameritech.net writes:

> Ok when I send a message to myself i get the following error
>

> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <ro...@avalys.com>

> 553 mail.avalys.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)

Did you add "avalys.com" to class w? It seems that sendmail doesn't
think the mail domain avalys.com is local, hence it looks for an MX
record to find the destination host, and is surprised that the MX
record points back to itself.

To see the contents of class w run sendmail in test mode:

[shell prompt]% /usr/lib/sendmail -bt
> $=w

This should list all names sendmail considers local.

Joachim

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[ric...@ameritech.net]

Great ! Thanks sort of helps out, how do I add to this class w ?

In article <uc67fc9...@ns.mercury.bc.ca>,

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[Carles Arjona]

ric...@ameritech.net wrote:
>
> how do I add to this class w ?
>

> Joachim Achtzehnter <joa...@kraut.bc.ca> wrote:
<snip>
Messages souldn't be quoted entirely:
http://www.fau.edu/rinaldi/net/dis.html

> > Did you add "avalys.com" to class w?

You might add to your sendmail.cf file this line:
Cwavalys.com

But a lot of people don't like to manage the .cf file by hand. They
prefer to create a .mc file for sendmail containing:
FEATURE(use_cw_file)
Then avalys.com should be added to the /etc/sendmail.cw file, and
sendmail.cf must be rebuild by means of m4. There is a clear sample of
mc file for sendmail at:
http://personales.mundivia.es/luca/diald-win-e.html#sendmail

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