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Re: Strange message looping
> I noticed a strange behavior. We have a friendly domain which has my
> mail host as one of MXes:
>
> kommersant.com preference = 10, mail exchanger = smtp.kommersant.com
> kommersant.com preference = 20, mail exchanger = koi.smtp.online.ru
>
> koi.smtp.online.ru is one of the 'alias' IP interfaces opened on
> deimos.sovam.com. This name *is* mentioned in the 'localnames' database
> (and yes, it it sorted alphabetically). Although, I am getting messages
> like the one below (probably when the primary MX is unreachable):
This is why the /etc/zmailer.conf can have line line:
SELFADDRESSES=mailhost.utu.fi,antares.utu.fi
The problem is at the MX-lookup at the SMTP-client.
The SMTP-client does not know which IP-addresses are
owned by the system, and there is no simple reliable
way to do it... Except by listing them manually.
Above the "mailhost.utu.fi" is a virtual host at "antares.utu.fi",
by means of having separate IP address for itself.
...
> Any clues?
>
> Eugene
/Matti Aarnio