Mailman lists do not work

Discussion in 'Installation/Configuration' started by kainhofer, Mar 17, 2013.

  1. kainhofer

    kainhofer New Member

    I have the latest ISPconfig 3.0.5 installed on an Ubuntu 12.10 server, with Postfix 2.9.6, dovecot 1:2.1.7 and mailman 1:2.1.15 all installed from the stock ubuntu packages.

    My problem (like several others on this forum) now is that none of the mailman lists that I created (through ISPConfig) work. In particular, whenever I try to send a mail to *-request@*, I get a "user unknown" error message back:

    Code:
       The mail system
    <[email protected]> (expanded from
        <[email protected]>): user unknown
    The corresponding log entry in /var/log/mail.info is:

    Code:
    Mar 17 22:18:38 server postfix/submission/smtpd[17366]: connect from 178-191-238-22.adsl.highway.telekom.at[178.191.238.22]
    Mar 17 22:18:39 server postfix/cleanup[17373]: warning: database /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db is older than source file /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
    Mar 17 22:18:39 server postfix/submission/smtpd[17366]: AC0283CC2B1D: client=178-191-238-22.adsl.highway.telekom.at[178.191.238.22], sasl_method=PLAIN, [email protected]
    Mar 17 22:18:39 server postfix/cleanup[17373]: AC0283CC2B1D: message-id=<[email protected]>
    Mar 17 22:18:39 server postfix/qmgr[17047]: AC0283CC2B1D: from=<[email protected]>, size=1342, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
    Mar 17 22:18:39 server postfix/submission/smtpd[17366]: disconnect from 178-191-238-22.adsl.highway.telekom.at[178.191.238.22]
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/smtpd[17377]: warning: database /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman.db is older than source file /var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/smtpd[17377]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/smtpd[17377]: 2AD163CC2B20: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/cleanup[17373]: 2AD163CC2B20: message-id=<[email protected]>
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/smtpd[17377]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/qmgr[17047]: 2AD163CC2B20: from=<[email protected]>, size=1821, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server amavis[13897]: (13897-05) Passed CLEAN {RelayedInbound}, [178.191.238.22]:42047 [178.191.238.22] <[email protected]> -> <[email protected]>, Queue-ID: AC0283CC2B1D, Message-ID: <[email protected]>, mail_id: b-vUbJYAC3yb, Hits: -0.999, size: 1342, queued_as: 2AD163CC2B20, 356 ms
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/smtp[17374]: AC0283CC2B1D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]:10024, delay=0.59, delays=0.22/0.01/0/0.36, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 from MTA(smtp:[127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 2AD163CC2B20)
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/qmgr[17047]: AC0283CC2B1D: removed
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server dovecot: imap([email protected]): Disconnected: Disconnected in IDLE in=2063 out=10081
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/pipe[17378]: 2AD163CC2B20: to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<[email protected]>, relay=dovecot, delay=0.09, delays=0.04/0.01/0/0.04, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (user unknown)
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/cleanup[17373]: 419393CC2B22: message-id=<[email protected]>
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/bounce[17380]: 2AD163CC2B20: sender non-delivery notification: 419393CC2B22
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/qmgr[17047]: 419393CC2B22: from=<>, size=3783, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
    Mar 17 22:18:40 server postfix/qmgr[17047]: 2AD163CC2B20: removed
    

    The aliases, transport-mailman and virtual-mailman files in /var/lib/mailman/data/ seem to be correct (contain the aliases and mailman commands for all lists and are owned by list, group list). I did exactly what http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60394 suggested.

    BTW, apparently the ISPConfig 3.0.5 does not create the correct /etc/mailman/virtual_to_transport.sh. Rather it appears to copy mm_cfg.py to virtual_to_transport.sh!!!.


    The jung-wien.at domain is listed in mm_cfg.py in POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS:
    Code:
    MTA='Postfix'
    POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['jung-wien.at']
    POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = '/etc/mailman/virtual_to_transport.sh'
    And the maps from /var/lib/mailman/data are added in main.cf:
    Code:
    myhostname = server.kainhofer.com
    alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases
    alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/aliases
    mydestination = server.kainhofer.com, localhost, localhost.localdomain
    virtual_alias_domains = 
    virtual_alias_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_forwardings.cf, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_email2email.cf, hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/virtual-mailman
    virtual_mailbox_domains = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_domains.cf
    virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_mailboxes.cf
    transport_maps = hash:/var/lib/mailman/data/transport-mailman, proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual_transports.cf
    virtual_transport = dovecot
    Apparently, postfix first rewrites the [email protected] mails for mailman to the receiver XXXXX-request (without domain), then appends the default domain from /etc/mailname and then fails to lookup the alias from mailman's alias and rather uses the dovecot transport (which clearly does not have a user for the mailing list).

    I have searched the whole forum and other sites via google, but none of the suggestions have worked so far.

    Thanks for any help,
    Reinhold
     
  2. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Thats a known issue and laready fixed in svn stable branch last week.
     
  3. scientist

    scientist New Member

    How would I go about getting the fixed version? I tried ISPConfig-3-stable.tar.gz and ISPConfig-3.0.5.1.tar.gz today. Both copied the mm_cfg file as the virtual_to_transport.sh file.

    Thanks.
     
  4. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Like I explained above, the fix is in svn and not in a tar.gz. svn versions can be checked ot with the svn command, e.g.:

    svn export svn://svn.ispconfig.org/ispconfig3/branches/ispconfig-3.0.5

    to get the current 3.0.5 stabe branch.
     
  5. kainhofer

    kainhofer New Member

    The problem that virtual_to_transport.sh had the wrong contents was just a minor nuissance to me. I already fixed that as described in the other thread (http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=291635&postcount=6 ). My problem, however, is that even with a fixed virtual_to_transport.sh, postfix doesn't seem to be able to correctly translate and deliver the mailman aliases as given in the three files in the mailman data dir.

    Thanks,
    Reinhold
     
  6. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    Tested it roday with the current svn stable version and it works fine on Debian and Ubuntu.
     
  7. kainhofer

    kainhofer New Member

    I have now found what caused my problems: On my server I have several domains, one of them being my main domain (kainhofer.com). Thus the /etc/mailname was set to kainhofer.com, which also happens to be one of the domains on the server. So from my understanding, the postfix mail handling that led to the problems worked as follows:

    1) Mail to [email protected] comes in, postfix detects it's a virtual mailbox domain.
    2) virtual-mailman map maps "[email protected]" to "list-name" (without domain)
    3) domain "kainhofer.com" is implied from /etc/mailname
    4) domain "kainhofer.com" is not in mydestination list in /etc/postfix/main.cf, but rather in virtual_mailbox_domains
    5) postfix tries to deliver it not as a local mail (using aliases), but tries to look up the [email protected] in the MySQL database (where it can't find an entry).

    As soon as I changed the /etc/mailname to a name not equal to an ISPConfig-handled domain, local delivery for "list-name" (with the implied domain as given in /etc/mailname) kicked in and the mailinglists started working...

    However, I don't like having to use an internal hostname in /etc/mailname, but would prefer having my main domain there...

    Reinhold
     
  8. till

    till Super Moderator Staff Member ISPConfig Developer

    The domain in /etc/mailname has to match the server hostname which is normally a subdomain of one of your domains, it may not be a domain used in ispconfig for mailboxes. Thats described in the perfect setup guide btw. were we explicitely use server1.example.com and not example.com for that.

    The reason is that postfix will only allow system user mailboxes for this domain name and not virtual mailboxes as used for theemail users.
     

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