docs/124147: [patch] Fix Question 5.17 in FAQ

Gabor PALI pgj at FreeBSD.org
Fri May 30 17:10:02 UTC 2008


>Number:         124147
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] Fix Question 5.17 in FAQ
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
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>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri May 30 17:10:01 UTC 2008
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gabor PALI
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy at disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386

>Description:
	I think the answer for Question 5.17. ``Why does Sendmail give me an
	error reading "mail loops back to myself"?'' should be fixed and
	updated a bit. This Q&A itself can be also found in the FreeBSD
	Handbook [1], so it is enough to place a link here (the Handbook is
	also more up-to-date than the FAQ). The error message mentioned in
	the question marked up by <quote> tags, but they should be
	<errorname> tags, though.
	
	[1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/mail-trouble.html#Q26.5.2.


>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

--- books.faq.patch.28.diff begins here ---
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.827
diff -u -r1.827 book.sgml
--- book.sgml	27 May 2008 23:51:07 -0000	1.827
+++ book.sgml	30 May 2008 03:00:18 -0000
@@ -3379,41 +3379,14 @@
       <qandaentry>
         <question id="mail-loopback">
           <para>Why does Sendmail give me an error reading
-            <quote><errorname>mail loops back to
-              myself</errorname></quote>?</para>
+            <errorname>mail loops back to
+              myself</errorname>?</para>
         </question>
 
         <answer>
-          <para>This is answered in the sendmail FAQ as follows:</para>
-
-<literallayout>        * I'm getting "Local configuration error" messages, such as:
-
-        553 relay.domain.net config error: mail loops back to myself
-        554 <user at domain.net>... Local configuration error
-
-        How can I solve this problem?
-
-        You have asked mail to the domain (e.g., domain.net) to be
-        forwarded to a specific host (in this case, relay.domain.net)
-        by using an MX record, but the relay machine does not recognize
-        itself as domain.net.  Add domain.net to /etc/mail/local-host-names
-        (if you are using FEATURE(use_cw_file)) or add "Cw domain.net"
-        to /etc/mail/sendmail.cf.
-            </literallayout>
-
-          <para>The current version of the <ulink
-            url="ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/mail/sendmail-faq">sendmail
-            FAQ</ulink> is no longer maintained with the sendmail release.
-            It is however regularly posted to <ulink
-            url="news:comp.mail.sendmail">comp.mail.sendmail</ulink>,
-            <ulink url="news:comp.mail.misc">comp.mail.misc</ulink>, <ulink
-            url="news:comp.mail.smail">comp.mail.smail</ulink>, <ulink
-            url="news:comp.answers">comp.answers</ulink>, and <ulink
-            url="news:news.answers">news.answers</ulink>. You can also
-            receive a copy via email by sending a message to
-            <email>mail-server at rtfm.mit.edu</email> with the command
-            <literal>send usenet/news.answers/mail/sendmail-faq</literal>
-            as the body of the message.</para>
+          <para>You can find a detailed answer for this question
+            in the <ulink
+             url="&url.books.handbook;/mail-trouble.html#Q26.5.2.">Handbook</ulink>.</para>
         </answer>
       </qandaentry>
 
--- books.faq.patch.28.diff ends here ---


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