Re: SENDMAIL

[Robert Hart <hartr interweft com au>]

On  2 Jul, Eric I. Ekong wrote:
> I have finally installed Red Hat Linux 4.1
> I am having a slight problem.  Everything works fine until I try to send mail to my server from out side it gets a weird error like a loopback.  Here is a copy of the error message... If anyone has any idea on how I can fix this, I am open to all any answers.
> 
> The original message was received at Wed, 2 Jul 1997 06:49:20 -0400
> from srv2b.ic.net [152.160.72.21]
> 
>    ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <ekonge ekongfamily com>
> 
>    ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 553 mail.ekongfamily.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> 554 <ekonge ekongfamily com>... Local configuration error


1) Make sure that you have your MX records set correctly
2) Check that /etc/sendmail.cw includes ekongfamily.com

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