User unknown in virtual alias table

[Rodney Green]

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Martin,

The MX record resolves to mail2.trayerproducts.com.
mail2.trayerproducts.com resolves to the same IP address as
mail4.trayerproducts.com. Really odd that it's bouncing mail to my
address when it's delivered normally when it's not spam. I just don't
get it.

Thanks for your help,
Rodney


Martin Hepworth wrote:
> Rodney
>
> what does the MS machine think the MX record for trayerproducts.com is?
> It looks like its routing the forward to itself, and not finding
> rgreen at trayerproducts.com and producing the bounce then.
>
>
>
> --
> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
>
> Rodney Green wrote:
>
>> Martin, Derek,
>>
>> I did suspect that maybe there was a problem with the forward I use in
>> the spam and high scoring spam actions. I simply used my e-mail address,
>> rgreen at trayerproducts.com. I just did a test by setting the actions to
>> deliver and the bounce problem went away. I just set the action to
>> forward again and this time I modified my e-mail address to be
>> rgreen at mail4.trayerproducts.com and it's working okay now. Here are my
>> logs (below message), and they do show that it is a postfix problem. Any
>> ideas on what I might have configured incorrectly?
>>
>> Thanks for your help,
>> Rod
>>
>> Mar  8 08:43:50 proxy MailScanner[16793]: Message 97DF93132C.95381 from
>> 206.190.38.213 (reason1000 at yahoo.com) to
>> trayerproducts.com,mail4.trayerproducts.com is spam, SpamAssassin
>> (score=997.401, required 5, autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -2.60, GTUBE
>> 1000.00)
>> Mar  8 08:43:52 proxy MailScanner[16793]: Spam Checks: Found 1 spam
>> messages
>> Mar  8 08:43:52 proxy MailScanner[16793]: Spam Actions: message
>> 97DF93132C.95381 actions are store,forward,rgreen at trayerproducts.com
>> Mar  8 08:43:52 proxy MailScanner[16793]: Virus and Content Scanning:
>> Starting
>> Mar  8 08:43:52 proxy MailScanner[16793]: Requeue: 97DF93132C.95381 to
>> 832783132D
>> Mar  8 08:43:52 proxy postfix/qmgr[16765]: 832783132D:
>> from=<reason1000 at yahoo.com>, size=1640, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>> Mar  8 08:43:53 proxy MailScanner[16793]: Uninfected: Delivered 1
>> messages
>> Mar  8 08:43:53 proxy postfix/error[17012]: 832783132D:
>> to=<rgreen at trayerproducts.com>, orig_to=<unknown>, relay=none, delay=6,
>> status=bounced (user unknown in virtual alias table)
>>
>>
>> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>>
>>> Rodney
>>>
>>> anything in the log files for this test message? Like is MS processing
>>> it at all or is PF rejecting it?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Martin Hepworth
>>> Snr Systems Administrator
>>> Solid State Logic
>>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>>
>>>
>>> Rodney Green wrote:
>>>
>>>> MailScanner 4.37.7-1
>>>> SpamAssassin 3.0.2
>>>> Postfix 2.0.20
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I've just moved mail services from a server running older versions of
>>>> the above software to the newer versions listed. In testing, I've
>>>> noticed something that seems odd to me. When I send a message to my
>>>> address from yahoo with the gtube spam testing string, my mail server
>>>> sends back an error message saying "user unknown in virtual alias
>>>> table." The user (myself) is definitely in the virtual alias table and
>>>> receiving mail just fine. When I send normal mail from my yahoo account
>>>> it is delivered without any problems.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have any idea what's happening here? Is there some kind of
>>>> feature in MS or SA that is sending back a "user unknown" error to
>>>> trick
>>>> spammers into taking the address of their list?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Rod
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>> --
>> Rodney Green
>> Network/Security Administrator
>> Trayer Products, Inc.
>> E-Mail: rgreen at trayerproducts.com
>> Phone: 607-734-8124 Ext. 343
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Rodney Green
Network/Security Administrator
Trayer Products, Inc.
E-Mail: rgreen at trayerproducts.com
Phone: 607-734-8124 Ext. 343

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