Hi Again What would be the best way to stop this form happening, is there a way i can stop it from ignoring the bit with the hyphen so it realises its a non-existent user?
Best Regards Josh Dinsdale IT Engineer Navigate Solutions Innovation Centre St Cross Business Park Newport, IW PO30 5WB T: 01983 550360 E: [email protected] W: www.navigatesolutions.co.uk "Complete IT and Telecommunications Solutions" "Navigate Solutions LLP is registered in England and Wales, company number OC313052" -----Original Message----- From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert Sent: 08 April 2009 16:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] address mapping problem? <light goes on in Eric's head> That is indeed 'normal' behavior. Any mail addressed to "[email protected]" is delivered to "[email protected]". See "man dot-qmail", "EXTENSION ADDRESSES" section for an explaination. Josh D. Dinsdale wrote: > Hi Again > > Unfortunately the user currently experiencing the problem has deleted the > suspect emails so I am unable to check the header information. > I've looked in the vpopmail database and to be completely honest it all looks > in order. > > I do have one additional piece of information, some output from the smtp log: > > CHKUSER accepted rcpt: from <[email protected]::> remote > <mail.sendingdomain.com:unknown:172.17.100.1> rcpt > <[email protected]> : found existing recipient > > [email protected] does not exist on my server! But as mentioned > previously the user [email protected] is receiving the mail. > > I did read something on google about email addresses with hyphens in having > the hyphen and the following address portion stripped out? I don't know if im > on the right track or not... > > Best Regards > > Josh Dinsdale > IT Engineer > Navigate Solutions > Innovation Centre > St Cross Business Park > Newport, IW > PO30 5WB > > T: 01983 550360 > E: [email protected] > W: www.navigatesolutions.co.uk > > "Complete IT and Telecommunications Solutions" > "Navigate Solutions LLP is registered in England and Wales, company number > OC313052" > > > -----Original Message----- > From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert > Sent: 07 April 2009 17:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] address mapping problem? > > There's not a whole lot to it IIRC, although it's not exactly normalized. > > Wait a second though. When you say things are mis-delivered, something > just occurred to me. Have you checked the message headers of those > alleged mis-deliveries? I've seen cases (spam mostly) where a message > appears to be addressed to one person but is in fact delivered to > another. That's because there are two different To: addresses in an > email message, one one the envelope (which is what's used for delivery), > and another on the contents (the message itself, which is what you > normally see). These addresses aren't necessarily the same. By looking > at the message header, you can see who the message is actually > addressed/delivered to. I'd check this first to be sure that there's > really a mis-delivery. > > Josh D. Dinsdale wrote: >> Thanks for the quick reply, i thought it must be something to do with the >> DB. Any idea what i might be looking for in there? >> >> Best Regards >> >> Josh Dinsdale >> IT Engineer >> Navigate Solutions >> Innovation Centre >> St Cross Business Park >> Newport, IW >> PO30 5WB >> >> T: 01983 550360 >> E: [email protected] >> W: www.navigatesolutions.co.uk >> >> "Complete IT and Telecommunications Solutions" >> "Navigate Solutions LLP is registered in England and Wales, company number >> OC313052" >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Shubert >> Sent: 07 April 2009 16:50 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] address mapping problem? >> >> Sounds to me like the vpopmail database might have something amiss. I'd >> have a look at the corresponding records there. phpmyadmin is a nice >> tool for browsing around (and more!) mysql databases. >> >> Josh D. Dinsdale wrote: >>> Hi Guys >>> >>> >>> >>> Ive been having this issue on and off for a while now. >>> >>> >>> >>> Basically ,ive got a user setup for example [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>, now for some reason someone is sending >>> mail to (again an example) [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> which is an account that doesn't >>> exist, but for some reason instead of dropping the mail, its being >>> delivered to the first guys email address [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> >>> >>> >>> I've experienced this same scenario for other users. i.e. >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> >>> >>> >>> It seems its matching the first part of the address and delivering it to >>> the user with the closest address or something, its very strange. >>> >>> >>> >>> Any ideas anyone? >>> >>> >>> >>> Best Regards >>> >>> >>> >>> Josh Dinsdale >>> IT Engineer >>> >>> Navigate Solutions >>> Innovation Centre >>> St Cross Business Park >>> Newport, IW >>> PO30 5WB >>> >>> T: 01983 550360 >>> E: [email protected] >>> <BLOCKED::mailto:[email protected]> >>> W: www.navigatesolutions.co.uk >>> <blocked::http://www.navigatesolutions.co.uk/> >>> >>> "Complete IT and Telecommunications Solutions" >>> >>> /"Navigate Solutions LLP is registered in England and Wales, company >>> number OC313052"/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> -Eric 'shubes' >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available >> Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! >> >> Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group >> (www.vickersconsulting.com) >> >> Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and >> packages. >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available >> Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! >> >> Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group >> (www.vickersconsulting.com) >> >> Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and >> packages. >> >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >> > > > -- > -Eric 'shubes' > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available > Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! > > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available > Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! > > Qmailtoaster is sponsored by Vickers Consulting Group > (www.vickersconsulting.com) > > Please visit qmailtoaster.com for the latest news, updates, and packages. > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Managed Qmailtoaster servers are now available Visit http://qmailtoaster.com/QMTManaged.html to order yours today! 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