On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 12:09:04PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:
> Viktor Dukhovni:
> > On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 08:29:52AM -0800, Stephen Ingram wrote:
> >
> > > I thought once
> > > the address was rewritten and the mail was handed over to local for
> > > delivery, then mailbox_transport would be followed which in my case sends
> > > via lmtp. Is that not correct?
> >
> > Since mailbox_transport comes after .forward processing, the user
> > account still has to exist. For non-existent users you should use
> > virtual delivery, or as a last resort, aliases, or fallback_transport.
>
> There may be other ways, but first we need to know why the Postfix
> SMTP server accepts the recipient address in the first place. Did
> you perhaps set local_recipient_maps empty?
Or there's a virtual(5) match for the address that rewrites it to
a non-existent local user.
--
Viktor.
