thanks ken, thanks arne... it would have been a really stupid mistake. i tried again, the problem does persist:
what i did: vadddomain firstfloor.mybuilding.com vadduser [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail from gmx to [EMAIL PROTECTED] here a complete copy; mail.mydomain.com is what qmail is configured to call itself - i did not change it, because i only use virtual domains. Return-Path: <> X-Flags: 0000 Delivered-To: GMX delivery to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 12178 invoked by uid 0); 19 Nov 2001 19:28:20 -0000 Received: from xxxxx-my computer-xxxx (HELO mail.mydomain.com) (xxx-my-ip-xxxx) by mx0.gmx.net (mx033-rz3) with SMTP; 19 Nov 2001 19:28:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 15512 invoked for bounce); 19 Nov 2001 19:16:47 -0000 Date: 19 Nov 2001 19:16:47 -0000 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: failure notice Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi. This is the qmail-send program at mail.mydomain.com. I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses. This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. vpopmail (#5.1.1) --- Below this line is a copy of the message. Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: (qmail 15508 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2001 19:16:46 -0000 Received: from mail.gmx.net (213.165.64.20) by xxx-private-ip-xxx with SMTP; 19 Nov 2001 19:16:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 21510 invoked by uid 0); 19 Nov 2001 19:27:49 -0000 Received: from xxx-my-computer-xxx (HELO acer) (xxx-my-ip-address-xxxx) by mail.gmx.net (mp009-rz3) with SMTP; 19 Nov 2001 19:27:49 -0000 Message-ID: <000701c17140$f36ac170$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Kiril" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Kiril" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: bin ich ganz bloed? Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 22:27:03 +0100 dns is configured as follows: a MX record for mybuilding.com points to mybuilding.com; a MX record for firstfloor.mybuilding.com points to mybuilding.com; mybuilding.com resolves to the ip of a NAT router, behind which vpopmail 5.0 plus qmail are running; port forwarding is not the problem - [EMAIL PROTECTED] works perfectly on the same computer. funny enough, i can mail from [EMAIL PROTECTED] to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - this works... i even tried another free mail accound (web.de) - still having the same problem. any hints? any additional configuration info which can help? -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Ken Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An: Kiril <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Montag, 19. November 2001 18:29 Betreff: Re: Domain names >On Mon, 2001-11-19 at 13:09, Kiril wrote: >> i try to set up a domain structure such as... >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> with separate postmaster administrative accounts for >> firstfloor.mybuilding.com etc... >> >> i can set up the domain with vpopmail and the mx record, but mails get >> returned with the message: >> >> user [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not exist. > >Looks like everything is working correctly. > >You added a user of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" But then tried >to send email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >Those are different email addresses. So qmail/vpopmail says there >is no such user, which is correct. > >You have to send email to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >Ken Jones > >> >> is this possible at all? >> maybe i am missing something simple... >> is there a FM apart from the faq and the installation notes which i have >> missed? >> >> any hints are greatly appreciated :-) >> >> thx, >> kiril >> >> > >
