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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: sendmail error
Date: 20 Sep 1995 23:05:16 +0200
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Charlie Root <root@winternet.winternet.net> wrote:
>HI there,
>	Does anyone know what this error means and how can I fix it ?
>	
>	sendmail[174]: VAA01468: SYSERR(root):winternet.winternet.net config error : mail loop back to myself

You've got the most prefered MX pointing to you, but your sendmail
config doesn't seem to handle the incoming traffic.

Get a good book on sendmail configuration.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)