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 10 mars 2005 23:13
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: User unknown in virtual alias table
> 
> 
> Rodney Green wrote:
> 
> >> What is mail2? Is that an alias for mail4? (i.e. they are the same
> >> machine)
> >
> >
> > mail2 is an alias for mail4.. they both point to the same machine.
> >
> >>
> >> Which way would you like to go, virtual or local?
> >>
> >
> > I think virtual for no other reason then I have used it for 
> a long time
> > now and have scripts that use it.
> 
> I've had a longer look at this now and I think you have found a little
> bug for Julian to add to his work stack :-(
> 
> Julian
> 
> How are you forwarding the spam to Postfix? It looks like you just
> dumping the output into the out going queue? If so it is not being
> cleaned up and aliases resolved by either the pickup or 
> trivial-rewrite
> processes so the qmanager just bounces the mail as 
> undeliverable. I have
Ah, but of course... See, my question was stupid after all... One
should always keep the "graph of interconnectedness within postfix"
squarely at the front of ones mind, now shouldn't one:-).

But how to solve this in an as nonintrusive way as possible?
Go to decoding and "sendmail ad at re.ss"? I might be a bit dense today
((too:-) mainly due to a shortage of hours -> shortage of sleep), but
I don't see many options that make sense.

-- Glenn

> tried it on my system here and proved it. If you specify a 
> local address
> or alias as the forward address it works fine (No aliasing required so
> the qmgr just delivers it), if you specify a virtual domain address it
> gets bounced. The clue is here in the log:
> 
> 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)
> 
> Notice the orig_to line is unknown. That should have the original to
> address in it and the to= should be the aliased address (i.e. where it
> is being delivered to).
> 
> >
> > Thanks for your help Drew!
> 
> No problems
> 
> Drew
> 
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