Is there a .qmail-<user>-default file in the domain directory in question? If there
isn't
that is the reason that the user isn't being found. test-a@domain dot com isn't really
a
unique account. It is a sub account of [EMAIL PROTECTED] In general I would avoid using
account names with a '-' in them.
> update: My original finding was incorrect.
>
> It seems like some domains will accept the message and the log file says the message
> was accepted but still not deliver it local. While other domains it will just reject
> the message. But it seems to be an issue with any username that has a - in it. I'm
> still trying to find out when it accpets mail without delivering it and when it
> rejects mail.
>
> Bob
>
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, Bob C. Ruddy wrote:
>
> ->
> ->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
> ->->>
> ->->>
> ->->>
> ->->
> ->
> ->
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T.J. Drennan
Software Engineer, Wireless Systems
Spectrum Signal Processing
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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