On Wed, 26 May 2010, Phil Howard wrote:

> May 26 15:59:27 eth0 postfix/pipe[17347]: 0C35B68534:
> to=<f...@example.com>, orig_to=<root>, relay=dovecot, delay=21567,
> delays=21567/0.02/0/0.06, dsn=4.1.1, status=SOFTBOUNCE (user unknown)

Dovecot is complaining here; Postfix is the messenger.

> I do have f...@example.com configured in virtual_alias_maps to go to
> b...@example.com ... and that is working as I can send mail to
> f...@example.com and it really shows up in b...@example.com's mailbox.
> I suspect that the bouncing mail was queued to be delivered _before_ I
> had put that mapping in virtual_alias_maps.  Can someone confirm that
> might be what is happening?  Is there a way to get it to be remapped
> now that it is in the delivery queue? 

You may use postsuper(1) to requeue the message, subjecting it once
again to address writing and new virtual alias mappings.  Do not, as
suggested by another poster, simply requeue ALL messages -- unless, of
course, that is what you really intend.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sa...@freebsd.org>

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