Could be routing problem?

[Mark Neidorff]

Info you asked for:

1. Here is /etc/hosts:
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
127.0.0.1	localhost.localdomain	localhost
#
# Local stuff
#
192.168.1.1	mark.neidorff.com	ja.neidorff.com
192.168.1.16	ns1.neidorff.com
192.168.1.18	mail.neidorff.com
192.168.1.3	dan.neidorff.com	dan
192.168.1.2	kids.neidorff.com	kids
192.168.1.4	merri.neidorff.com	merri
192.168.1.5	bob.neidorff.com	bob
192.168.1.6	cybergenie.neidorff.com	cybergenie	CyberGenie
172.16.154.1	vmware

2. Mail to me goes to mark at neidorff.com and works (except for the "too 
many hops" problem)

#host neidorff.com
neidorff.com has address 64.36.121.2

#host neidorff.com 198.6.1.1
Using domain server:
Name: 198.6.1.1
Address: 198.6.1.1#53
Aliases: 

neidorff.com has address 64.36.121.2

3. neidorff.com is hosted at dyndns.org
from the dyndns.org screen:
host             TTL       TYPE       DATA
neidorff.com     60          A         64.36.121.2
www.neidorff.com 43200     CNAME       neidorff.com
neidorff.com     60         MX         10 neidorff.com

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote:

> At 11:50 3/19/2004, you wrote:
> >There are two symptoms to my problem.  First, whenever an e-mail arrives,
> >it hops around in my computer.  My mail log fills with "too many hops 26
> >(25 max)" errors and each of these hops is written in the header of the
> >e-mail that is received.
> 
> Have you read the FAQ at www.sendmail.org? I believe the first item 
> mentions this error and the most common workarounds and solutions.
> 
> >The second symptom is that I have to go through a great deal of difficulty
> >to send e-mail to another user who has a mailbox on this same system.
> 
> It all sounds more like name resolution than routing, although to be honest 
> I have not had (nor am I really likely to have) the time to really go 
> through your message in earnest. However, for some first suggestions:
> 
>          1. Post your /etc/hosts file.
> 
>          2. What email address should people use to send email to you on 
> that server? If that address is "mark at neidorff.com", does the command "host 
> neidorff.com" give back your actual public IP address? What about "host 
> neidorff.com 198.6.1.1"?
> 
>          3. Where is the DNS zone for neidorff.com hosted? Does the MX 
> record point to your machine's name?
> 
>          4. MX records in DNS *****MUST***** point to A records. They 
> cannot point to CNAME records. Check this.
> 
> See whether any of this gives you a clue or gives us a clue.
> 
> 
> 

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