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Solaris Common Messages and Troubleshooting Guide

Cause

User sees this message when sending mail: 


# dle@g3... Connecting to g3.xyz.edu. (ether)... 
220 xyz.edu Sendmail SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4 ready at Wed, 7 Jan 1998 14:28:20 -0600 
>>> HELO xyz.edu 
250 xyz.edu Hello g1.xyz.edu [129.106.16.1], pleased to meet you 
xyz.edu config error: mail loops back to myself 
>>> QUIT 
221 g1.xyz.edu closing connection 
dle@g3... Local configuration error 
Saving message in /dead.letter 
/dead.letter... Sent
The sending system (see line 220) and the receiving system (see the HELO line) both think they are known as "xyz.edu."