07-25-2002
Hello!
What do you mean under "mailhost in DNS to point to your host"? Does it mean that:
If I have DNS server ns.oldb.pkb and send mail from it to another, than I need to set mailhost.oldb.pkb as ns.oldb.pkb. Is it?
If I do so , /var/adm/messages give me next:
.... sendmail[...]: ..... :SYSERR(user): mailhost.oldb.pkb. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem).
I thinked that sendmail sends mail to "mailhost" only if it can't deliver it to recipient's host directly. Am I wrong?
P.S> You right sendmail.cf. Mailhost present in it.
Thank you.
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