On Sat, 2006-05-20 at 16:13, Paul R. Ganci wrote:
> Recently my wife received an Email addressed from jdavidson4@xxxxxxxxx
> When she tried to reply to the original message her reply bounced with
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> <jdavidson4@xxxxxxxx>
> (reason: 553 5.3.5 system config error)
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> 553 5.3.5 home.com.nurdog.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX
> problem?)
> 554 5.3.5 Local configuration error
>
> I started to do some digging and discovered that there is no MX record
> for home.com which is the ultimate reason my wife's message bounces.
There is also no A record for home.com. It's going to bounce
any way you try it. Comment the:
FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl
in sendmail.mc and you won't accept email with bad reply
addresses.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
