Re: [cobalt-users] SMTP problem

[SM <nntp@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:30 21-09-2001 -0700, Paul wrote:
>Now, I set up virtualsite.com in the GUI as www.virtualsite.com, added the
>different IP number, checked "Accept Email for Domain" in the Site settings

Your DNS records and configuration looks fine from what you explained.

>Now, I can send e-mail to any external domain that is not on my server from
>virtualsite.com just fine. I can also e-mail myself as virtualsite.com fine.
>However, when I try to send e-mail from virtualsite.com to another local
>domain on my server, I get the error message:
>553 mainsite.com. config error: mail loops back to me (MX problem?)
>554 <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>... Local configuration error

Is mail a system user or an alias?  If you already have a user called
"mail", setting an alias on any other site with the same name may cause a
loop.  Use unique usernames and have mail aliased to the user instead.

Regards,
-sm