RE: [cobalt-developers] RaQ3: mailproblem 554 rewrite

["@lfa" <lynet@xxxxxx>]

Thanx for the feedback

works perfectly :-)

@lfa

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On 27.03.2001 at 12:32 Taco Scargo - Sun Holland - Leiden scribbled:

>>Please see http://pkg.nl.cobalt.com/howto/cobalt_dns_howto.html
>>
>>> when enable the accept mail for domain option, I get the 
>>> following error for all virtual sites
>>> 554 rewrite:excessive recursion (max 50), ruleset 3
>>> 
>>> When disabling this option I cannot get mail for any virtual users.
>>> 
>>> I cant seem to find how to solve this problem, read earlier 
>>> postings on simmilar errors but could not find anything.
>>> 
>>> my DNS settings:
>>> 
>>> domain.dom A IP-Address
>>> www.domain.dom CNAME domain.dom
>>> MX points to domain.dom
>>> 
>>> have also tried the following DNS settings
>>> 
>>> domain.dom A IP-Address
>>> mail.domain A IP-Address
>>> www.domain.dom CNAME domain.dom
>>> MX points to mail.domain.dom
>
>In short, a dns domain pointing to a cobalt RaQ should also have an MX entry for the FQDN,
>so if your virtual site is called 'www.domain.com', you should have MX entries for
>
>domain.com MX mail.domain.com
>www.domain.com MX mail.domain.com
>
>mail.domain.com should be a A record pointing to a IP address.
>
>This is not a Cobalt limitation, but due to the fact that sendmail does not cope well with CNAME records.
>As the RaQ internally forwards all mails that are sent to the domain to the FQDN, so e.g. www.domain.com,
>www.domain.com should have a MX entry pointing to a hostname which is not a cname.
>
>As you did not have such a MX entry, and the www record was a cname, you are getting these errors.
>
>With regards,
>
>Taco Scargo
>Professional Services Manager, EMEA
>
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>
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