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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.ultranet.com!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!hunter.premier.net!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Configuring Sendmail Date: 23 Jun 1996 22:13:10 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 22 Message-ID: <4qkc16$dm@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4q9hu8$fes@nuscc.nus.sg> <4qagk9$1ia@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Igor Vladim Roshchin (igor@students.uiuc.edu) wrote: : Lai L F (scilailf@leonis.nus.sg) wrote: : : When I tried to sendmail to john@test.com, sendmail will give me an error : : of : mail loops back to myself?! : Edit your /etc/sendmail.cf: : Cw test.com morenuts.test.com : (and all other names ) : It should work. But you shouldn't really edit sendmail.cf - edit an mc file. Or even better, create /etc/sendmail.cw and put your name in there. This requires FEATURE(use_cw_file) which is configured when you install FreeBSD. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....