I'm not sure this is really a Mailman issue but at this point, I don't know where else to start. The problem stems from email to the root user. I have an alias set (postfix) to send mail for root to my administrator address. If it matters this address is in a different domain so the form of the alias is administra...@myotherdomain.com. Also, FWIW, this seems to have started when I upgraded from Mandriva 2007 to 2008.2.
What is happening, is that mail to root is somehow being routed through Mailman. Each time something is sent to root, the following error email is generated: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the mail system at host home.mydomain.com. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster. If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The mail system <"mailman-loop:/var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-loop:/var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox" <"mailman:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" <"mailman-admin:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-admin:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" <"mailman-bounces:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-bounces:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" <"mailman-confirm:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-confirm:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" <"mailman-join:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-join:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" <"mailman-leave:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-leave:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" <"mailman-owner:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-owner:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" <"mailman-request:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-request:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" <"mailman-subscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-subscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" <"mailman-unsubscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"@home.mydomain.com> (expanded from <root>): unknown user: "mailman-unsubscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" . . . Reporting-MTA: dns; home.mydomain.com X-Postfix-Queue-ID: C0B9C85073 X-Postfix-Sender: rfc822; r...@home.mydomain.com Arrival-Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 04:11:19 -0400 (EDT) Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-loop:/var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-loop:/var/lib/mailman/data/owner-bounces.mbox" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman post mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-admin:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-admin:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman admin mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-bounces:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-bounces:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman bounces mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-confirm:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-confirm:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman confirm mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-join:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-join:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman join mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-leave:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-leave:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman leave mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-owner:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-owner:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman owner mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-request:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-request:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman request mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-subscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-subscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman subscribe mailman" Final-Recipient: rfc822; "mailman-unsubscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman"@home.mydomain.com Original-Recipient: rfc822; root Action: failed Status: 5.1.1 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "mailman-unsubscribe:|/usr/lib/mailman/mail/mailman unsubscribe mailman" . . . Subject: Cron <r...@dap002> nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily From: r...@home.mydomain.com (Cron Daemon) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 04:02:01 -0400 (EDT) To: r...@home.mydomain.com /etc/cron.daily/msec: diff: /var/log/security/chkrootkit.today: No such file or directory -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This continues for every mailing list on the host. I should note that all the mailing lists seem to otherwise be functioning properly. Is there something in my Mailman configuration that can intercept all mail (outgoing?) and try to process it or is something else going on? 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