Info you asked for: 1. Here is /etc/hosts: # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost # # Local stuff # 192.168.1.1 mark.neidorff.com ja.neidorff.com 192.168.1.16 ns1.neidorff.com 192.168.1.18 mail.neidorff.com 192.168.1.3 dan.neidorff.com dan 192.168.1.2 kids.neidorff.com kids 192.168.1.4 merri.neidorff.com merri 192.168.1.5 bob.neidorff.com bob 192.168.1.6 cybergenie.neidorff.com cybergenie CyberGenie 172.16.154.1 vmware 2. Mail to me goes to mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx and works (except for the "too many hops" problem) #host neidorff.com neidorff.com has address 64.36.121.2 #host neidorff.com 198.6.1.1 Using domain server: Name: 198.6.1.1 Address: 198.6.1.1#53 Aliases: neidorff.com has address 64.36.121.2 3. neidorff.com is hosted at dyndns.org from the dyndns.org screen: host TTL TYPE DATA neidorff.com 60 A 64.36.121.2 www.neidorff.com 43200 CNAME neidorff.com neidorff.com 60 MX 10 neidorff.com On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > At 11:50 3/19/2004, you wrote: > >There are two symptoms to my problem. First, whenever an e-mail arrives, > >it hops around in my computer. My mail log fills with "too many hops 26 > >(25 max)" errors and each of these hops is written in the header of the > >e-mail that is received. > > Have you read the FAQ at www.sendmail.org? I believe the first item > mentions this error and the most common workarounds and solutions. > > >The second symptom is that I have to go through a great deal of difficulty > >to send e-mail to another user who has a mailbox on this same system. > > It all sounds more like name resolution than routing, although to be honest > I have not had (nor am I really likely to have) the time to really go > through your message in earnest. However, for some first suggestions: > > 1. Post your /etc/hosts file. > > 2. What email address should people use to send email to you on > that server? If that address is "mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx", does the command "host > neidorff.com" give back your actual public IP address? What about "host > neidorff.com 198.6.1.1"? > > 3. Where is the DNS zone for neidorff.com hosted? Does the MX > record point to your machine's name? > > 4. MX records in DNS *****MUST***** point to A records. They > cannot point to CNAME records. Check this. > > See whether any of this gives you a clue or gives us a clue. > > > -- You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
