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Hi All,

I've read several threads on the boards about this, but I've seen so many possible solutions based on individual implementations that I'm afraid to try any without running it past the community.

My server has four domains it receives email for. However, all users send from one of two domains, www.abc.com or www.xyz.com. Users from www.abc.com (which is listed as the primary domain for the mailnode) can send just fine, but those who have www.xyz.com as their primary have their mail rejected:

553 5.1.8 <user@xyz.com>... Domain of sender address user@xyz.com does not exist

Is there a simple change to fix this without needing to create new mailnodes or reconfiguring sendmail or something?

Thanks,

Jason

Progress...but new challenges arise...

I made changes to /etc/hosts, my dns server, and smtp.cfg and am now able to send email from this domain using both the web client and outlook.

However (and this might be an old problem) the email appears to have a return address of:

mailservername.xyz.com instead of xyz.com

any thoughts?

thanks,

jason

Hi,

this is either due to your domain missing in /etc/mail/local-host-names or masquerading set in sendmail.cf

Search the forum for these two topics ...

Cheers,

Sascha.

Sascha,

Thanks, I was doing that last night until we had one wild thunderstorm that brought down many trees.

I wasn't able to fix it, but I have found this morning that I've created a new problem - no mail is being received. What's the best way to start troubleshooting this?

Thanks,

Jason

Sascha,

Here's an example of a bounce I get from external mail:

jason@mail.xyz.com on 7/19/2006 8:28 AM
A configuration error in the e-mail system caused the message to bounce between two servers or to be forwarded between two recipients. Contact your administrator.
< mail.abc.com #5.3.5 SMTP; 553 5.3.5 system config error>

I'm digging into it. I suspect I've hosed up my hosts file.