User unknown in virtual alias table
Rodney Green
rgreen at TRAYERPRODUCTS.COM
Wed Mar 9 15:05:29 GMT 2005
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I just tried this and both messages were delivered, no problem. Thanks Jim.
Jim Dickenson wrote:
> Have you tried sending email to <user>@mail2.trayerproducts.com and
> <user>@mail4.trayerproducts.com to make sure that gets delivered correctly?
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> Jim Dickenson
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>>From: Rodney Green <rgreen at TRAYERPRODUCTS.COM>
>>Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:02:33 -0500
>>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>Subject: Re: User unknown in virtual alias table
>>
>>Martin,
>>
>>Any ideas on what the problem might be?
>>
>>Thanks again,
>>Rodney
>>
>>Rodney Green wrote:
>>
>>>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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>>Rodney Green
>>Network/Security Administrator
>>Trayer Products, Inc.
>>E-Mail: rgreen at trayerproducts.com
>>Phone: 607-734-8124 Ext. 343
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