mok swee loong wrote:
>
> hi all,
> - i'm using vpopmail + qmail.
> - i have a virtual domain setup mydomainname.com.
> under my /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com, i have always use a
> .qmail-aliasname file to create alias account that deliver mail to multiple
> users, the format of the file is:
>
> /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com/user1/Maildir/
> /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com/user2/Maildir/
> /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com/user3/Maildir/
> /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com/user4/Maildir/
> /home/vpopmail/domains/mydomainname.com/user5/Maildir/
>
> and i have no problem with all the alias accounts all this while. BUT one
> particular alias account does give me this weird problem!
> when someone send mail to this alias account - some of the users in this
> list will receive MULTIPLE copies of the same mail, and some dun receive any
> copy at all!!
>
> and in the log i found something suspicious:
>
> starting delivery 74: msg 32174 to local
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> status: local 1/10 remote 0/20
> delivery 74: deferral: Unable_to_chdir_to_maildir._(#4.2.1)/
> status: local 0/10 remote 0/20
>
> - obviously an alias account doesnt have any real maildir, any idea what
> could cause this error?
> - and this particular alias acount contains 65 entries, is the biggest alias
> in my setup, could this be a problem?
>
> i try to read eveything that i can find, but don't seems to come across
> anything like this, pls help!
>
> thanks in advance!!
>
> best regards,
> mok swee loong.
All of the above processing is being done by qmail-local. It looks
as if one of the Maildir lines in your .qmail-aliasname file is
incorrect, causing the deferral.
Ken Jones
