MX Problems

[Rus]

Hi,
	The problem is with sendmail. You have to tell it that it acutally
servers e-mail for this
domain. http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html is a good guide to
setting this up

Rus

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On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Allie Syadiqin decided to mutter to the world in general:

> 
> Hi,
>      I need some help on this MX thing. Basically, I am not knowledgeable 
> in DNS configuration. In other words, I'm a newbie, so  any help will be 
> greatly appreciated. Please provide step-by-step instructions if possible. 
> Thanks.
> 
> I created a virtual namebased domain, hydroseis.com and basically all other 
> services, eg. ftp, http, works fine. But when I tried to send a test email 
> to webmaster at hydroseis.com, I received the following message :-
> 
> ==================================================================================
> 
> UNDELIVERABLE MAIL
> Your message to the following recipients cannot be delivered:
> <webmaster at hydroseis.com>:
> <<< configuration error: mail loops back to myself (MX problem).
> 
> Reporting-MTA: dns; mail.vserver.com.my
> Arrival-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 05:07:11 +0800
> Received-From-MTA: dns; puyu.time.net.my (pop.time.net.my [203.121.16.80])
> Final-Recipient: rfc822; mail.hydroseis.com-webmaster at mail.vserver.com.my
> Action: failed
> Original-Recipient: rfc822; webmaster at hydroseis.com
> Status: 5.0.0
> Diagnostic-Code: unknown; configuration error: mail loops back to myself 
> (MX problem).
> 
> ==================================================================================
> 
> Here's a copy of the DNS configuration file, which was created by the 
> web-based control panel when adding virtual domain to the dns server. 
> hydroseis.com was created when I created the virtual domain while 65.5.202 
> was created when I installed the OS the first time using installation setup.
> 
> ==========================================================
> ; Filename : hydroseis.com - Created by RNA (Remote Network Administrator)
> 
> @               IN      SOA     	ns1.vserver.com.my.  root.vserver.com.my. (
>                                  		2001000000      	; serial (change me!)
>                                  		21600           	; refresh (6 hours)
>                                  		3600            	; retry (1 hour)
>                                  		604800          	; expire (7 days)
>                                  		3600 )          	; minimum (1 hour)
>                                  		IN      NS      	ns1.vserver.com.my.
>                                  		IN      NS      	ns2.vserver.com.my.
>                                  		IN      MX      	10 mail.vserver.com.my.
> 
> ; Host information for hydroseis.com.
> hydroseis.com.                  	IN      A        	202.5.65.68
>                                  		IN      MX       	10 mail.vserver.com.my.
> ftp                             		IN      CNAME  	hydroseis.com.
> webmail                         	IN      CNAME   hydroseis.com.
> www                             	IN      CNAME   hydroseis.com.
> 
> ==========================================================
> ; filename : 65.5.202 - Created by RNA (Remote Network Administrator)
> 
> @               IN      SOA     	65.5.202.in-addr.arpa.  root.vserver.com.my. (
>                                  		2000100006      	; serial (change me!)
>                                  		21600           	; refresh (6 hours)
>                                  		3600            	; retry (1 hour)
>                                  		604800          	; expire (7 days)
>                                  		3600 )          	; minimum (1 hour)
>                                  		IN      NS      	ns1.vserver.com.my.
>                                  		IN      NS      	ns2.vserver.com.my.
> 66                              		IN      PTR     	ns1.vserver.com.my.
> 67                              		IN      PTR     	ns2.vserver.com.my.
> 
> ========================================================== 
> 
>