> Hmmm, well, a non existent mailbox is no temprary failure, it's very > permanent. okay, in this case it's a false error, but to make another > error to circumvent that is not a smooth solution. > > Perhaps you might want to set "soft_bounce = yes" in postfix' main.cf > until you have found the error. > See: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#soft_bounce
It would also be interesting to find out why you get the 550 error. I'm not using lmtp over tcp but only local via socket and I have never seen a 550 error. Simon > > Best, > Daniel > > On 11.10.2006 17:31, Ramprasad wrote: >> This is actually related to my previous question ... >> >> I just configured my cyrus server to accept mails directly from my >> remote postfix server over lmtp >> >> Everything seems to work fine but sometimes lmtp gives strange errors >> like >> >> to=<X>, orig_to=<X>, relay=202.162.229.40[202.162.229.40]:24, >> delay=0.26, delays=0.25/0/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host >> 202.162.229.40[202.162.229.40] said: 550-Mailbox unknown. Either there >> is no mailbox associated with this 550-name or you do not have >> authorization to see it. 550 5.1.1 User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO >> command)) >> >> >> When actually the mailbox is valid. The same mail sent again reaches >> the mailbox without problems. The cyrus server is highly loaded most of >> the time. >> >> >> I want lmtp (over tcp) to give tempfail instead. I am already ensuring >> mbox exists at smtp level >> >> >> Thanks >> Ram >> >> >> >> >> ---- >> Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ >> Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki >> List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
