Re: [cobalt-developers] Mail MX loop problems RAQ3

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Barry Titmarsh wrote:

> I think that the current RaQ3 seems to have some scripting bugs.

Mine works for hundreds of users.

> I use the web front end to add virtual sites I tick the box accept mail for
> domain the dns entries have an MX record that points to the virtual site
> name (FQD)

Exactly what does the MX record point to?  Can you attach to an email a
copy of your /etc/named/pri.domain file for the domain?

> I send and email to a valid use at the domain and its rejected by the RaQ3
> as an error
> 
> 553 www.heimann.org.uk. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
> 554 <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>... Local configuration error

First question, is the domain name a CNAME record or an A record?  MX
records should point to A records, and not CNAME records.

Second, a point... According to sendmail.org, the host needs to be
configured to accept mail for the domain.  On the RaQ3 you do that this
way:

In your admin console, you go to Control Panel, the Sendmail Parameters,
then in the Host/Domain Aliases field make sure your fully qualified
domain name exists in the window.  If it doesn't, add it and save
changes.

> I can see anything that is configured wrongly.  except that the
> /etc/sendmail.cf calls files that are not existing  eg a call to
> virtusertable in a hash format should call  file virtusertable.db and not
> as in the sendmail.cf  seen as virtusertable

In every copy of sendmail.cf I've got, on lots of systems, the reference
is as follows:

Kvirtuser hash -o /etc/virtusertable

Note that there's no ".db" ending.  Doesn't need one.

> I know how to make MX and mail server work seems that the cobalt scripts
> don not.

Presuming so, then you know about this part of sendmail.cf:

Cwlocalhost
# file containing names of hosts for which we receive email
Fw/etc/sendmail.cw

And you know that the sendmail.cw file contains the names of the domains
you receive mail for.  The way the RaQs work, that's the fully-qualified
domain name, and I've explained above how to populate it from the gui.

> Is there something in Cobalt GUI terms I have missed.

Perhaps... see my notes above, go through them, make sure you've done
everything right, and then if it's still not working, call Cobalt tech
support or ask someone on the list to look at your system for you.

Jeff
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