SENDMAIL config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)

/jhannus · 02-24-2004, 09:11 AM

I've done a search in the archives and found material on this sunbject but nothing particualr to my configuration/problem.

I have a default version of sendmail installed with slackware 9.0, I can send mail to users locally and to completely different domains other than my domain. My host name is vci and domain name visualconceptsinc.com (vci.visualconceptsinc.com). There will be no users getting mail on this machine, I just need to send mail (for use with webapps, mailing lists and such).

So this machine is vci.visualconceptsinc.com but all mail for user@visualconceptsinc.com will be handled by our ISP. I seems as if when sending mail to user@visualconceptsinc.com sendmail aoppends .visualconceptsinc.com to the end of the recipient. Can anyone give me some tips??

returned mail:

Quote:

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<jhannus@visualconceptsinc.com.visualconceptsinc.com>
(reason: 553 5.3.5 system config error)

----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 5.3.5 visualconceptsinc.com.visualconceptsinc.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
554 5.3.5 Local configuration error

Quote:

jhannus@vci->[jhannus]$ echo '$=m' | sendmail -bt -d0.4
Version 8.12.8
Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MATCHGECOS MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7 NAMED_BIND
NETINET NETUNIX NEWDB PIPELINING SCANF USERDB XDEBUG
Canonical name: vci.visualconceptsinc.com
a.k.a.: vci
UUCP nodename: vci
a.k.a.: vci
a.k.a.: [10.27.0.68]
a.k.a.: [127.0.0.1]

============ SYSTEM IDENTITY (after readcf) ============
(short domain name) $w = vci
(canonical domain name) $j = vci.visualconceptsinc.com
(subdomain name) $m = visualconceptsinc.com
(node name) $k = vci
========================================================

ADDRESS TEST MODE (ruleset 3 NOT automatically invoked)
Enter <ruleset> <address>
> visualconceptsinc.com

snippet from log:

Quote:

Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sendmail[6591]: i1OEf671006591: from=jhannus, size=276, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<403B6282.mail53211A4CU@vci.visualconcep
tsinc.com>, relay=jhannus@localhost
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6592]: i1OEf6Rm006592: from=<jhannus@vci.visualconceptsinc.com>, size=528, class=0, nrcpts=1, msgid=<403B6282.mail
53211A4CU@vci.visualconceptsinc.com>, proto=ESMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=IDENT:1000@localhost [127.0.0.1]
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sendmail[6591]: i1OEf671006591: to=jhannus@visualconceptsinc.com, ctladdr=jhannus (1000/100), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:0
0:00, mailer=relay, pri=30274, relay=[127.0.0.1] [127.0.0.1], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (i1OEf6Rm006592 Message accepted for delivery)
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6595]: i1OEf6Rm006592: SYSERR(root): visualconceptsinc.com.visualconceptsinc.com. config error: mail loops back to
me (MX problem?)
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6596]: i1OEf6Rm006596: IDENT:0@vci.visualconceptsinc.com [10.27.0.68] did not issue MAIL/EXPN/VRFY/ETRN during con
nection to MTA
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6595]: i1OEf6Rm006592: to=<jhannus@visualconceptsinc.com.visualconceptsinc.com>, ctladdr=<jhannus@vci.visualconcep
tsinc.com> (1000/100), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=esmtp, pri=30526, relay=visualconceptsinc....alconceptsinc.com. [10.27.0.68],
dsn=5.3.5, stat=Local configuration error
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6595]: i1OEf6Rm006592: i1OEf6Rm006595: DSN: Local configuration error
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6595]: i1OEf6Rm006595: to=root, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=61552, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
Feb 24 09:41:06 vci sm-mta[6595]: i1OEf6Rm006595: to=<jhannus@vci.visualconceptsinc.com>, delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=local, pri=
61552, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent

mindfrost82 · 02-25-2004, 12:50 AM

I was having this problem too and never found out a good solution. I do have my Sendmail working perfectly right now though. I wrote a walkthrough of how I configured it, so you can look at that and see if there's any different in my setup and your's.

Here's the link to my walkthrough:
http://www.mindfrost82.com/forums/sh...=&threadid=647

mindfrost82 · 04-05-2004, 09:51 AM

I have updated my website. The new link for my Sendmail on Slack 9.1 Walkthrough is posted below:

http://www.mindfrost82.com/showthread.php?t=647

skc · 08-03-2010, 05:58 AM

may be this will help you.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...y-etrn-823774/

dive · 08-03-2010, 06:34 AM

Why the hell are you digging up and responding to a 6 year old thread?

proft · 01-16-2011, 02:18 PM

Dive, have you ever considered that others in the future may read this thread searching for answers to similar problems? Your negativity is both unhelpful and unproductive.

ggemmill · 06-21-2011, 05:44 AM

I agree with proft. I've just googled this error, and this was top of the list.
Grimble