lordfuknowsyou wrote:
> Adam Cantwell wrote:
>> On 2/20/2008 4:29 PM, lordfuknowsyou wrote:
>>> Hello list.
>>>
>>> I am sorry that this topic has been covered before, I know, but I am
>>> stuck.. Please bear with me.
>>>
>>> Incoming mail works fine. I have a proper MX record.
>>>
>>> # dig mx miekungfu.com | grep MX
>>> ;miekungfu.com. IN MX
>>> miekungfu.com. 42532 IN MX 5 mail.miekungfu.com.
>>>
>>> Everything resolves fine.
>>>
>>> The problem occurs when I try and send out from the local machine. I
>>> have a ~/.forwarders file that should forward my logs etc to the
>>> account specified and that is what alerted me that something isn't
>>> right as I have not recieved any forwarded logs.
>>>
>>> So a simple
>>>
>>> #echo "test" | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>> fails with the message below.
>>> Of note:
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <-- why this, I sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <--again,this isn't a valid address
>>> And a few other entries untill I get the error as in the title of
>>> this mail.
>>>
>>>
>>> cat locals
>>> MAIL.MIEKUNGFU.COM
>>>
>>
>> Add "localhost" to your locals file. Or else use "mail.miekungfu.com"
>> when sending mail to root.
>>
>> Adam
>>
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> I think I now understand where I am completely off base.
> I believe I am encountering this error because of the following reasons.
>
> 1. Dot forward files are ignored and I need the dot forward package to
> read them
>
> 2. qmail will not send to root
>
> Is this the reason for my weird bounce loops? This is only what I have
> concluded over the last couple hours, please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> mtia
> Jeremy
>
qmail should send to root just the same as any other account. Is there a
'root' user defined for the domain? Have you tried sending to
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