On 9/28/2009 12:41 AM, Russell Jones wrote:
For some reason, if a local user sends mail to another local user who
doesn't exist, my Postfix installation doesn't seem to notify the sender
of the error, nor deliver a bounce message to the sender.
Log snippet of what I am talking about:
Sep 28 00:29:48 server2 dovecot: imap-login: Login:
user=<russ...@example.com>, method=PLAIN, rip=::ffff:98.197.128.40,
lip=::ffff:69.164.197.129
Sep 28 00:29:58 server2 postfix/smtpd[3447]: connect from
c-98-197-128-40.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[98.197.128.40]
Sep 28 00:29:58 server2 postfix/smtpd[3447]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from
c-98-197-128-40.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[98.197.128.40]: 550 5.1.1
<sadasd...@example.com>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in
virtual alias table; from=<rjo...@example.com>
to=<sadasd...@example.com> proto=ESMTP helo=<RussellDesktop>
Sep 28 00:29:58 server2 postfix/smtpd[3447]: disconnect from
c-98-197-128-40.hsd1.tx.comcast.net[98.197.128.40]
I am russ...@example.com. You can see that postfix notices that the user
does not exist. However, I never get a message about it! No popup, no
bounce message, nothing. This occurs on both Thunderbird and Windows
Mail. Furthormore, Procmail's procmail.log also has no entries about any
bounce message being delivered, so I know that the message isn't getting
sneaked off to root or somewhere else it shouldn't be going.
On my older, production Exim server, ths popup occurs immediately.
Any ideas? Appreciate the help.
Postfix correctly rejects the mail, and there is no bounce
message sent. There's no further action for postfix to take.
If your client doesn't notify you that the mail can't be
delivered, it's a client configuration problem.
-- Noel Jones
