How to stop mail looping

[rahul]

Thanx a lot!!!
    Now  My Mailing is properly Working  ..

Thanks for the co-operation  ..
& Sorry for my  postfix-related mail to cyrus -related list ..

Regards
Rahul Katariya

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cristian Mitrana" <cmitrana at xnet.ro>
To: <info-cyrus at lists.andrew.cmu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: How to stop mail looping


> rahul wrote:
>
> > Hello  All,
> >
> >              My mails are not working properly ..
> >  It loops back to myself ..
> > I am doing local testing ...
> >
> > My maillog shows =>
> >
> > # tail -f /var/log/maillog
> > ======================================================================
> > Jul 17 16:36:27 localhost postfix/smtp[1318]: warning: host
> > mail.sirindia1.com[192.168.1.67]
> > greeted me with my own hostname mail.sirindia1.com
> > Jul 17 16:36:27 localhost postfix/smtp[1318]: warning: host
> > mail.sirindia1.com[192.168.1.67]
> > replied to HELO/EHLO with my own hostname mail.sirindia1.com
> > Jul 17 16:36:27 localhost postfix/smtpd[1314]: lost connection after
> > EHLO from u
> > nknown[192.168.1.67]
> > Jul 17 16:36:27 localhost postfix/smtpd[1314]: disconnect from
> > unknown[192.168.1.67]
> > Jul 17 16:36:27 localhost postfix/smtp[1318]: 3E81330946:
> > to=<root at mail.sirindia <mailto:root at mail.sirindia>
> > 1.com>, relay=mail.sirindia1.com[192.168.1.67], delay=20, status=bounced
> >                 (mail for mail.sirindia1.com loops back to myself)
> > ========================================================================
> > It may be problem of DNS ..
> >   But i am unable find out what is that problem ..
> >
> > DNS entries are
> > ========================================================================
> >
> >
> > ========================================================================
> > I am sending mail to sirindia.com which is well configured on
> > 192.168.1.60 ..
> >
> > postconf   -n  gives the output ...
> > =======================================================================
> > alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
> > alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
> > broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
> > command_directory = /usr/sbin
> > config_directory = /etc/postfix
> > daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
> > debug_peer_level = 2
> > fallback_transport = cyrus
> > inet_interfaces = all
> > local_recipient_maps =
> > mail_owner = postfix
> > mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/imap/socket/lmtp
> > mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq
> > manpage_directory = /usr/local/man
> > mydestination =
> > mydomain = sirindia1.com
> > myhostname = mail.sirindia1.com
> > myorigin = $myhostname
> > newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases
> > queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
> > readme_directory = /etc/postfix/readme
> > relay_domains = $myhostname, localhost.$mydomain,
> > $mydomain,sirindia1.com,mail.$
> > mydomain, www.$mydomain <http://www.$mydomain>
> > sample_directory = /etc/postfix/samples
> > sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail
> > setgid_group = postdrop
> > smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version)
> > unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450
> >
============================================================================
========
> > I am using the lmtp ... & transport table ..
> >
> > /etc/postfix/transport  has following  entry
> >
> >         sirindia1.com   lmtp:sirindia1.com
> >
============================================================================
==========
> >
> >
> > So .. How to overcome the problem ???
> >
>
> Yout postfix configuration is screwed, you list mail.sirindia.com in
> $relay_domains
> so relay=smtp connects to mail.sirindia1.com and tries to deliver the
> message,
> but conencts to the same postfix instance.
>  If you list mail.sirindia1.com in $relay_domains, try to change
> relay_transport
> to lmtp:unix:.... , you configured the local transport to be lmtp not
> the relay.
>
> Please redirect your future postings to the postfix lists, it's not a
> cyrus problem
> here.
>
> mitu
>
>