[Mailman-Users] "host not found" or "account .. does not exist" when host or account does exist
I run a mailing list with 4000 subscribers (jdm-soci...@sjdm.org). Every time it sends mail to the list I get about 10 failure messages (completely failure, not temporary failure that keeps mail in the queue) saying that the host is not found or the email address doesn't exist. I can often find the host with the (linux) "host" command, and the email address checker often shows that the address is valid. The same email address that failed usually succeeds on the next post. I would like to keep these messages in the queue if possible, or maybe allow more time for finding the host, or something, before giving up on the first try. I cannot find a configuration option. Jon -- Jonathan Baron, Professor of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania Home page: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~baron Editor: Judgment and Decision Making (http://journal.sjdm.org) Associate webmaster: sjdm.org -- Mailman-Users mailing list -- mailman-users@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to mailman-users-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/mailman-users.python.org/ Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users@python.org/ https://mail.python.org/archives/list/mailman-users@python.org/
Re: [Mailman-Users] Host not found
Woops my bad! I quoted the incorrect error message! The error msg I am getting is this one: The original message was received at Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:14:15 +0200 from [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (reason: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table) - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to mail.mydomain.org.: DATA 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table 550 5.1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... User unknown 554 Error: no valid recipients Any ideas?! DC _ From: Daniel Cuschieri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 October 2005 08:34 To: 'mailman-users@python.org' Subject: FW: Host not found Hi guys! My friend has a home server and I use web / mail server services from him. He also uses mailman to provide mailing lists. He created some mailing lists and they work fine for him. I purchased 2 domains, and he created about 10 mailing lists for me. The problem is that when I try to send an email on the mailing list, I *always* get back the following error: The original message was received at Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:17:13 +0200 from [x.x.x.x] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Transcript of session follows - 550 5.1.2 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... Host unknown (Name server: mail.mydomain.org.: host not found) Any ideas how it can be solved!? He says that all the settings seem ok and they are the same like the other mailing lists that work for him. Thanks m8s! DC -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Host not found
Daniel Cuschieri said: Woops my bad! I quoted the incorrect error message! The error msg I am getting is this one: The original message was received at Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:14:15 +0200 from [xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (reason: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table) - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to mail.mydomain.org.: DATA 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table 550 5.1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... User unknown 554 Error: no valid recipients Ok, so now we've found what machine the mail list is on, but that machine doesn't know about the list. You need to tell the SMTP daemon how to deliver messages to Mailman. The specifics of this will depend on which SMTP server you are using (sendmail, exim, postfix, qmail). Look at Chapter 6 in the Mailman Installation Manual: http://www.list.org/mailman-install/mail-server.html /dwight -- Dwight N. Tovey email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.dtovey.net/~dwight --- Note in Laser Printer case: Do not look at laser with your remaining good eye -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Host not found
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 15:17 +0200, Daniel Cuschieri wrote: Woops my bad! I quoted the incorrect error message! The error msg I am getting is this one: - The following addresses had permanent fatal errors - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (reason: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table) - Transcript of session follows - ... while talking to mail.mydomain.org.: DATA 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table 550 5.1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]... User unknown 554 Error: no valid recipients This is a postfix MTA error, as such it is not a mailman error, as such you should direct your research towards postfix (www.postfix.org) not mailman. However, that being said I'll try to explain what is going on and I hope that will point you in the right direction. At the core of the problem is that postfix does not know about your mailman aliases. There is documentation in the mailman installation guide on configuring mailman and postfix (http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node12.html), start by reading that. Next postfix has an option to reject mail for local users which are not known to postfix, that is what is getting triggered here, so read this postfix documentation (http://www.postfix.org/LOCAL_RECIPIENT_README.html). Finally, it appears you have virtual addressing enabled for postfix, I'm not sure why you need this, its seems like an unnecessary complication for your set up. The mailman postfix integration guide how to configure this, but like I said, I don't see why you need this, or at least you haven't indicated why you need to map a non-existant domain. The postfix site has good documentation on virtual domains (http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html), reading that might shed some light. HTH, -- John Dennis [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
Re: [Mailman-Users] Host not found
John Dennis wrote: Finally, it appears you have virtual addressing enabled for postfix, I'm not sure why you need this, its seems like an unnecessary complication for your set up. The mailman postfix integration guide how to configure this, but like I said, I don't see why you need this, or at least you haven't indicated why you need to map a non-existant domain. The postfix site has good documentation on virtual domains (http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html), reading that might shed some light. The OP said the lists were on a friend's server and the friend ran other lists that work, so I'm guessing that these lists are in their own virtual domain and recognition of that is what is missing from postfix. -- Mark Sapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, Californiabetter use your sense - B. Dylan -- Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=showamp;file=faq01.027.htp
[Mailman-Users] host not found Error
Hi I recently renumbered the IPs on one of my servers, after that I noticied that people could't subscribe to the mailing list that used to works fine. Checking at the mailman error logs I found this. admin(13854): [- Mailman Version: 2.0.11 -] admin(13854): [- Traceback --] admin(13854): Traceback (innermost last): admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/scripts/driver, line 96, in run_main admin(13854): main() admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py, line 76, in main admin(13854): process_form(mlist, doc) admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/Mailman/Cgi/subscribe.py, line 187, in process_form admin(13854): mlist.AddMember(email, pw, digest, remote) admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/Mailman/MailList.py, line 1005, in AddMember admin(13854): text) admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/Mailman/Message.py, line 211, in __init__ admin(13854): OutgoingMessage.__init__(self, text) admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/Mailman/Message.py, line 205, in __init__ admin(13854): self['Message-ID'] = Utils.make_msgid(idstring='Mailman') admin(13854): File /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/mailman/Mailman/Utils.py, line 769, in make_msgid admin(13854): idhost = socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())[0] admin(13854): error: host not found To be honest, I'm lost, and I don't know how to solve it, can anybody help me here? Thanks in advance -- Best regards, -- Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
