On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 08:39:08AM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: > I am running a mail server that has a few local recipients and a > bunch of forwarded recipients for one domain. All is working > properly. However, there are some log messages that I find > confusing. The server receives many messages delivery attempts > where the user is not included in the virtual_alias_maps. All but > one of them receive log messages like > > Recipient address rejected: unverified address
This was rejected by the reject_unverified_recipient smtpd restriction, after an attempt to verify the address failed. > That makes sense. However, one of them receives > > Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table This was rejected by the reject_unauth_destination smtpd restriction, probably in smtpd_relay_restrictions, and means that the domain was found in virtual_alias_domains, but the address did not resolve via v_a_maps to an address NOT in v_a_domains. > I don't see what is different for this particular user. Is it a "user" or just a non-existent address? If the former, you have a problem. If the latter, it's fine. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
