I did a select for the username and domain name from the mysql database.
The directory in the pw_dir field exists and has a proper Maildir in it
with the proper permissions. (owned by vpopmail 700).
Bob
On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Richard A. Secor wrote:
->Are you sure the directory for the user in the database is the right
->directory (it exists) ?
->
->Didn't see anything in your message about it and I know that I forget about
->this sometimes.
->
->-Rich
->
->----- Original Message -----
->From: "Bob C. Ruddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
->To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
->Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 12:12
->Subject: Problem with vpopmail and addresses with a -
->
->
->>
->> We are running a large qmail/vpopmail/mysql install. Everything has been
->> working great. Today though I just had a customer complaint that said any
->> email getting sent to a certain address was getting bounced even though
->> they could see the pop account in the qmailadmin screens.
->>
->> So i started checking everything out. vuserinfo [EMAIL PROTECTED] shows
->> all the correct information. I made sure the permissions on the directory
->> were appropiate, etc. All looked good. So I sent the account an email and
->> it bounced with your typical "Sorry, no mailbox here by that name.
->> vpopmail (#5.1.1)" message.
->>
->> So now I'm confused. I logged into the mysql database and checked out the
->> dir_control and the vpopmail tables. All the information seemed
->> appropiate. So I add an account [EMAIL PROTECTED] and sent an email to
->> that. All works well. Next I create an account [EMAIL PROTECTED] and sent
->> an email to that. It bounced with the above error message.
->>
->> So now it seems like there is an issue with usernames that have a -. So in
->> my test domain I create a user [EMAIL PROTECTED] and send a message to
->> it. All works well.
->>
->> Next I looked through the assign, morercpthosts, and virtualdomains files.
->> There seems to be no difference between the test domain and the production
->> domain's setup.
->>
->> So to get this user back up I created a .qmail-a-user that contained the
->> path to the pop user's mail dir. I placed that .qmail file in the
->> directory for domain.com
->>
->> If anyone has any ideas, suggestions I'd greatly appreciate it. Below are
->> software versions as well as a clip from the log showing a bounced
->> message.
->>
->> Thanks again ahead of time.
->>
->> Bob
->>
->> Log clip:
->> @400000003b865c2c00c1b7cc new msg 393315
->> @400000003b865c2c00c3b784 info msg 393315: bytes 823 from
-><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> qp 24699 uid 7791
->> @400000003b865c2c040daa94 starting delivery 1275582: msg 393315 to local
->[EMAIL PROTECTED]
->> @400000003b865c2c040ec3d4 status: local 1/150 remote 10/150
->> @400000003b865c2c0764c0ec delivery 1275582: failure:
->Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._vpopmail_(#5.1.1)/
->> @400000003b865c2c0cea5fa4 status: local 0/150 remote 10/150
->> @400000003b865c2c1c4261f4 bounce msg 393315 qp 24707
->> @400000003b865c2c1cfa5b9c end msg 393315
->>
->>
->> We are running the following software:
->> vpopmail-4.10.22
->> mysql-3.23.38
->> qmail-1.03
->>
->>
->>
->
