[cobalt-users] RaQ3 e-mail troubles

["Jeff S. Lucido" <JSLucido@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fellow listees:

More e-mail troubles ... impossible! It seems I am the exception to this 
rule though. Thankfully for the RaQ's sake it is located in a colo facility 
20 miles from here (otherwise it might not be functioning at the moment).

Here is the problem I am having: I get none of the e-mail that is sent to 
the RaQ. I get this strange error message in the admin's mailbox (it is 
also forwarded back to me):

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<jslucido@xxxxxxxx>

----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 mail.j2media.net. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
554 <jslucido@xxxxxxxx>... Local configuration error
Reporting-MTA: dns; senna.j2media.net

Here is how I set things up:
1. Made an A name record all domains (no PTR's since the domains are 
virtual sites on a shared IP).
2. Made a MX for the domain pointing to mail.j2media.net.
3. Made an A name record for mail.j2media.net pointing to the same IP 
number as the virtual site.
4. Created a new virtual site www.j2dm.com.
4. Edited httpd.conf to add extra ServerAliases (for additional domains 
pointing to the same virtual site).
5. Edited sendmail.cw with the additional domain names to accept mail for 
(i.e. the domain names not set-up as virtual sites, rather "pointers").
6. Edited Virtusertable as follows:

jslucido@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx               jslucido
@mail.j2media.net                         jslucido


# accept-email-at-domain routes
@j2digitalmedia.com	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2digitalmedia.net     	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2dm.com               	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2dm.net               	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2media.com            	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2media.net            	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2mc.com               	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
@j2mc.net               	%1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

After I makehas the virtusertable, restart Bind and Sendmail I sent a few 
test e-mails to the server. All of them were bounced. The thing that 
perplexes me is this is the EXACT same way I did the set-up on my RaQ2 and 
it works beautifully on that machine. No dice on the RaQ3.

I did one last thing ... called tech support. No answer for free. Will fix 
for $200. (Yeah right!)

<begging type="pleading on knees">If anyone can help with this problem I 
would be greatly appreciative</begging>

Thanks in advance!

Kind regards,
-JSLucido