Hi All, I have been experiencing problems trying to send an email to a virtual domain fasttrack-assoc.com on our server. This was strange as the entries in virtualdomains and rcpthosts are as follows: (taken from virtualdomain) fasttrack-assoc.com:fasttrack-assoc.com__ (taken from rcpthosts) fasttrack-assoc.com Our mail server is configured to use fastforward and the .qmail-default file (in /var/qmail/alias)contains: | fastforward -d /etc/aliases.cdb The entry in /etc/aliases contains: fasttrack-assoc.com__-dean: dbrowett Every time I sent an email to any user in that domain the following entry apppeared in the log: @400000003aefed7404d8e9d4 starting delivery 6421: msg 209571 to local [EMAIL PROTECTED] @400000003aefed7404d918b4 status: local 1/10 remote 1/20 @400000003aefed74084783b4 delivery 6421: failure: Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that _name._(#5.1.1) However, if I ran the command env DEFAULT=fasttrack-assoc.com__-dean HOST=mail.fasttrack-assoc.com fastforward -nd /etc/aliases.cdb I received the following output which suggests to me that mail to that user should be delivered. from <original envelope sender> to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (this address being expanded from dbrowett in /etc/aliases) Now, if I substituted a '.' for the '-' between fasttrack and assoc.com i.e. 'fasttrack.assoc.com' in the extension part of the address in virtualdomain and applied the same change to the entry in /etc/aliases i.e. fasttrack.assoc.com__-dean: dbrowett the mail gets delivered. The headers from such a delivery are as follows: Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 27057 invoked by uid 500); 2 May 2001 11:11:58 -0000 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 27051 invoked by uid 0); 2 May 2001 11:11:58 -0000 Date: 2 May 2001 11:11:58 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This problem only applies to this domain. To verify this I set up another virtual domain using the same format as fasttrack, wobblyone-world.com, to see if the format of the domain had any bearing on the problem. This appears not to be the case as the mail was delivered (see headers below). The following appeared in the logs: @400000003af00734365241f4 starting delivery 51: msg 209566 to local wobblyone-world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] @400000003af0073436528074 status: local 1/10 remote 0/20 @400000003af007343adab42c delivery 51: success: fastforward:_qp_7039/did_0+0+1/ Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 7039 invoked by uid 500); 2 May 2001 13:10:02 -0000 Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: (qmail 7034 invoked by uid 0); 2 May 2001 13:10:02 -0000 Date: 2 May 2001 13:10:02 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am very confused as to why this has occurred. Any suggestions/solutions would be appreciated. Regards Dean Browett Network Operations Manager Business Online Group plc ====== Inventors of Free Internet & Unmetered Access ===== http://www.bizonline.net http://www.publiconline.net http://www.thefreeinternet.net ============================================ Opinions expressed in this email are those of the author and are not binding upon Business Online Group plc. ============================================
