----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Sapiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] User unknown new error
> John Fleming wrote: >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "John Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <mailman-users@python.org> >>Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:19 PM >>Subject: [Mailman-Users] User unknown new error >> >> >>> This list used to work, and now it has a problem that I have found some >>> threads about, but I still can't fix it - Not to mention, I don't know >>> why >>> it used to work and now it doesn't! Here's the msg received back after >>> trying to post to the list: >>> >>> The original message was received at Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:09:59 -0400 >>> from vsat-148-64-5-87.c050.t7.mrt.starband.net [148.64.5.87] >>> >>> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> (reason: 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Recipient address >>> rejected: User unknown in local recipient table) >>> >>> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- >>> ... while talking to wa9als.com.: >>>>>> DATA >>> <<< 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Recipient address rejected: >>> User >>> unknown in local recipient table >>> 550 5.1.1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown >>> <<< 554 Error: no valid recipients >>> >>> Is this an alias issue, and if so, how to fix? Or permissions? And >>> why/how >>> could it change without my input??? Many thanks! - John >> >>More info - List was quiet yeterday, and I took the newbie approach and >>simply recreated the list and now that list is OK. BUT, now another list, >>that was working yesterday, has developed the same problem, yet others are >>still fine! How could this problem crop up in an unpredictable way? And >>how to fix? > > > This is almost certainly an MTA alias problem. Since you don't mention > specifically updating aliases, I'm guessing your MTA is Postfix and > that somehow your $prefix/data/aliases has gotten out of synch with > your lists or something like that. > > See http://www.list.org/mailman-install/node13.html Any idea how they get out of synch? I hadn't created a new list for awhile when it started screwing up. Here are some observations after reading the info at the link above: 1. Regarding the ownership of aliases and aliases.db, mine are "reversed" - aliases - Owner = www-data, Group = list aliases.db - Owner = list, Group - www-data I don't know if that's how they used to be or not. Permissions for both files is 0660. Would you suggest that I change both to owner = list and group = www-data and then run bin/genaliases? The aliases file only has information for 2 of my lists - The 2 that work BTW! I tried running genaliases yesterday, but I think it didn't work correctly due to permissions mismatch. - John ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
