I have a personal email server configured on Hardy, and it works fine for real users both sending and receiving email. But I have several addresses that I intend to use as forwards to other emails and forwarding is completely broken. I have configured my system according to this guide (with small modifications): http://www.howtoforge.com/virtual-users-and-domains-with-postfix-ubuntu-7.10 Here is my /etc/postfix/main.cf Code: myorigin = /etc/mailname smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu) biff = no append_dot_mydomain = no smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.cert smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/smtpd.key smtpd_use_tls = yes smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtpd_scache smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${queue_directory}/smtp_scache myhostname = mail.thirdrate.info alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases myorigin = /etc/mailname mydestination = localhost, localhost.localdomain relayhost = mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 mailbox_size_limit = 0 recipient_delimiter = + inet_interfaces = all virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail virtual_uid_maps = static:5000 virtual_gid_maps = static:5000 smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_unauth_destination transport_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf virtual_create_maildirsize = yes virtual_mailbox_extended = yes virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes_limit_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes virtual_maildir_limit_message = "The user you are trying to reach is over quota." virtual_overquota_bounce = yes proxy_read_maps = $local_recipient_maps $mydestination $virtual_alias_maps $virtual_alias_domains $virtual_mailbox_maps $virtual_mailbox_domains $relay_recipient_maps $relay_domains $canonical_maps $sender_canonical_maps $recipient_canonical_maps $relocated_maps $transport_maps $mynetworks $virtual_mailbox_limit_maps receive_override_options = no_address_mappings readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix/html and here is the mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf that is referred to: Code: user = [mail_admin] password = [password] dbname = mail query = SELECT destination FROM forwardings WHERE source='%s' hosts = 127.0.0.1 The sql username and password are correct in the file, and the table is populated correctly but when I send an email to the address I get the following error: Code: postfix/virtual[4816]: F132150078: to=<admin@[example.com]>, relay=virtual, delay=0.12, delays=0.1/0/0/0.02, dsn=5.1.1, status=undeliverable (unknown user: "admin@[example.com]") Any suggestions? Note: items in square brackets [] have been intentionally changed for posting.
AppArmor is not even installed, much less disabled. Here is the full mail.log transaction for an email sent to a forwarding address from an outside email account. Code: May 10 14:25:31 thirdrate postfix/smtpd[18094]: connect from [outside].com May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/smtpd[18094]: 543A95007D: client=[outside].com May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/cleanup[18098]: 543A95007D: message-id=<BAC34850-67BC-412B-BF08-6F9DADA916F1@[outside].com> May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/qmgr[17674]: 543A95007D: from=<me@[outside].com>, size=1548, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/smtpd[18094]: disconnect from [outside].com May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/pipe[18099]: 543A95007D: to=<[[email protected]]>, relay=spamassassin, delay=0.55, delays=0.08/0.01/0/0.46, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered via spamassassin service) May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/qmgr[17674]: 543A95007D: removed May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/pickup[18039]: D7DB350081: uid=5001 from=<me@[outside].com> May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/cleanup[18098]: D7DB350081: message-id=<BAC34850-67BC-412B-BF08-6F9DADA916F1@[outside].com> May 10 14:25:32 thirdrate postfix/qmgr[17674]: D7DB350081: from=<me@[outside].com>, size=1873, nrcpt=1 (queue active) May 10 14:25:33 thirdrate postfix/virtual[18103]: D7DB350081: to=<[email protected]>, relay=virtual, delay=0.2, delays=0.15/0.01/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: "[[email protected]]") May 10 14:25:33 thirdrate postfix/cleanup[18098]: 029AB5007E: message-id=<20080510142533.029AB5007E@mail.[inside.com]> May 10 14:25:33 thirdrate postfix/bounce[18104]: D7DB350081: sender non-delivery notification: 029AB5007E
Well that is unfortunate, are there any other logs or config files that might be helpful in diagnosing an issue?
Does the address from which you forward to another address exist in the users table? If so, remove it from there.
No, the user does not exist in the users table. On a whim I tried changing the source and destination email addresses to see if I was misinterpreting the meaning of "source" and "destination". I got different errors. When I have the email address I am sending the email to in the "source" column, and the email address I want the message forwarded to in the "destination" column, I get the following bounce message: Code: <[email protected]>: unknown user: "[email protected]" Reporting-MTA: dns; thirdrate.info and the following error in mail.log: Code: May 28 20:47:28 thirdrate postfix/virtual[19188]: 0D081500CE: to=<[email protected]>, relay=virtual, delay=0.39, delays=0.18/0.01/0/0.2, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: "[email protected]") When I have them reversed I get the following bounce message: Code: <[email protected]>: host mail.thirdrate.info[208.75.84.164] said: 550 5.1.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table (in reply to RCPT TO command) and the following error in mail.log: Code: May 28 20:46:30 thirdrate postfix/smtpd[19177]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from [external smtp server]: 550 5.1.1 <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual mailbox table; from=<[external email address]> to=<[email protected]> proto=ESMTP helo=<[external smtp server]> Does this information help?
I just went though and checked it again, there are differences... But none of them seem to be related to forwardings. The only real differences are my decision to not use Amavisd and just run spamassassin as a standalone daemon (spamd). I enabled query logging in mysql and saw the following in an email transaction from a real email ([email protected]) to a forward ([email protected]), connection 11 seems to be the relevant search for forwardings. Code: 11 Connect mail_admin@localhost on mail 11 Query SELECT destination FROM forwardings WHERE source='[email protected]' 080529 17:33:58 11 Query SELECT destination FROM forwardings WHERE source='[email protected]' 080529 17:34:58 11 Quit When I run the first query it returns '[email protected]'. '[email protected]' is a real email address in `users` that can accept and send email successfully. When I run the second query it returns an empty set. So it is searching for a forward. Correct?
The problem was simple. In /etc/postfix/main.cf I had the following line: Code: receive_override_options = no_address_mappings I commented that out, and all is now well. I'm not certain how that line got in there, if it was part of the default install, or if I made a mistake and added it based on other tutorials that I reviewed as well. Falko, thanks for your help.
Virtual Mail Alias/Forwarding Problem in Postfix Hi Everybody, If you faced the following problem mail Alias/Forwarding in Postfix than you will just remove or comment out this line in main.cf file. I hope problem must be solve. Comment out by # " #receive_override_options = no_address_mappings" Thanks Aloy Kumar Das Sr. System Admin Broad Band Telecom Services Ltd. Bangladesh 06/11/2009
