Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2010-01-04 Thread satishkumarp2k1
tables into memory?? I am just trying to understand whether postfix searches in the memory resident copy of data or makes a system call to hash tables? Thanks -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/possible-problem-with-postfix-local---tp26939697p27012319.html Sent from the Postfix

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-29 Thread Wietse Venema
satishkumarp2k1: Is the alias table generated dynamically? It is possible that it's not readable (still being written) at the time the lookup happens? Yes, correct. All the alias files are generated using perl scripts, which run periodically. The scripts actually generate temporary

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread satishkumarp2k1
/postfix/transport Thanks, Satish -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/possible-problem-with-postfix-local---tp26939697p26942833.html Sent from the Postfix mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread Wietse Venema
When the recipient domain matches mydestination (or any IP address literal that matches inet_interfaces or proxy_interfaces). 1) local(8) will accept the recipient ONLY if the username is found. It does not look for usern...@domain. 2) However, smtpd(8) will accept the recipient if either the

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread satishkumarp2k1
a guess, but I might be wrong. Need advise from experts. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/possible-problem-with-postfix-local---tp26939697p26944699.html Sent from the Postfix mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:32:51PM -0500, Terry Carmen wrote: On 12/27/2009 11:28 PM, Satish Kumar P wrote: 1. unknown user (this is really strange, if the user were unknown, postfix/smtpd would have rejected the recipient at SMTP connection itself) 2. mail forwarding loop for

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread Terry Carmen
On 12/27/2009 11:28 PM, Satish Kumar P wrote: 1. unknown user (this is really strange, if the user were unknown, postfix/smtpd would have rejected the recipient at SMTP connection itself) 2. mail forwarding loop for x...@domain.com (though we are pretty sure that the mail came to this server

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread Wietse Venema
satishkumarp2k1: So, be sure that you don't have u...@domain forms in $alias_maps. Thanks. Every line in the alias files defined in $alias_maps is of the following form: USER: u...@subx.domain.com We are not using the form u...@domain for alias entries (instead just USER). I

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread /dev/rob0
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 05:56:48PM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote: satishkumarp2k1: ... According to the main.cf information in the problem report, local_recipient_maps=$alias_maps and all those maps are local files, so that would exclude the usual nsswitch foul-ups. There are no confirmed

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread satishkumarp2k1
generating the aliases) and then just use mv command to the actual alias file. Do you still think lookup might fail even in this case?? -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/possible-problem-with-postfix-local---tp26939697p26950764.html Sent from the Postfix mailing list archive

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread Stan Hoeppner
satishkumarp2k1 put forth on 12/28/2009 9:29 PM: Yes, correct. All the alias files are generated using perl scripts, which run periodically. The scripts actually generate temporary alias files (while generating the aliases) and then just use mv command to the actual alias file. Do you still

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-28 Thread Victor Duchovni
On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:51:47PM -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: satishkumarp2k1 put forth on 12/28/2009 9:29 PM: Yes, correct. All the alias files are generated using perl scripts, which run periodically. The scripts actually generate temporary alias files (while generating the aliases)

Re: possible problem with postfix/local??

2009-12-27 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Satish Kumar P wrote: We are noticing couple of strange problems with postfix in our environment. They are as follows: [ ... ] Your problem description is useful, but actual logging that corresponds to your situation and the output of 'postconf -n' are required. Please