User unknown in virtual alias table

[Steen, Glenn]

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> [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Drew Marshall
> Sent: den 9 mars 2005 20:03
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: User unknown in virtual alias table
> 
> 
> Rodney Green wrote:
> 
> >> If you prefer to stick with the virtual domain, then I 
> could do with the
> >> details you have for mydestination and virtual_alias_domains.
> >
> >
> > mydestination is set as below:
> >
> > mydestination = localhost.$mydomain, $myhostname,
> > mail2.trayerproducts.com
> 
> What is mail2? Is that an alias for mail4? (i.e. they are the 
> same machine)
> 
> >
> >        The variable $myhostname is set as mail4.trayerproducts.com
> >        The variable $mydomain is set as trayerproducts.com
> >
> > virtual_alias_domains is not set.
> 
> So your virtual user database will be queried by smtpd to 
> ensure a user
> is listed, the address rewritten by trivial-rewrite but not delivered
> against by the virtual agent as it doesn't have any virtual 
> domains. You
> get away with this with SMTP mail as the smtpd process gets the
> trivial-rewrite to add the aliased address and the delivery agent will
> use that. MailScanner uses the sendmail command (Queue injection) so
> won't have that rewrite process. Looks like your main.cf is set-up
> partially for local and partially for virtual domains.
> 
> Which way would you like to go, virtual or local?
> 
> Drew

Yes... Perhaps a stupid question for you Drew, but... Couldn't one use
the virtual mailbox feature (as in "man virtual" to do what Rodney
seems to want to do?
Perhaps a bit backwards:)

-- Glenn

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