[SunHELP] Q: Regarding sun email (sedmail) configuration...

[Jim Pennino]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 09:07:35AM -0700, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I never really tried this before, but I want to send email from my
> local sparc to users "off my network" (I typically send emails via web
> browsers). The problem is, the email leaves my machine, but never makes
> it "into the wild"?
> 
> Here is the basic setup:
> 
> I have a dyndns.org setup (_______.dyndns.org) that works great,
> meaning I can access my server remotely on the internet.
> 
> I have a plain Solaris 8 install on my box - did nothing to "configure"
> sendmail.
> 
> Outside email get into my server fine (lionel at _______.dyndns.org) - it
> shows up quickly.
> 
> When I try and send mail from my machine I get the following two error
> messages:
> 
> 553 5.3.5 mailhost.dyndns.org config error: mail loops back to me (MX
> problem?)
> 554 5.3.5 local configuration error

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This is covered in the FAQ at http://www.sendmail.org/faq/

-- 
Jim Pennino