[Mailman-Users] Much ado about relay

Zain Memon zainie at gmail.com
Fri Nov 5 09:26:43 CET 2004


I'm running Postfix as my MTA with Mailman, and I'm having a bit of
trouble. I've created a list, added subscribers, and stuck the info
into /etc/aliases. However, when I email the listname at domain.com
address, it bounces back as "Unknown User." Here's what shows up in
/var/log/maillog:

Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/smtpd[18966]: connect from
rproxy.gmail.com[64.233.170.198]
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/smtpd[18966]: 2144F20BA:
client=rproxy.gmail.com[64.233.170.198]
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/cleanup[18969]: 2144F20BA:
message-id=<4b398499041105002321e617d9 at mail.gmail.com>
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/qmgr[18963]: 2144F20BA:
from=<zainie at gmail.com>, size=1236, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/virtual[18970]: 2144F20BA:
to=<famine at fanime.kicks-ass.net>, relay=virtual, delay=0,
status=bounced (unknown user: "famine at fanime.kicks-ass.net")
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/cleanup[18969]: 3C5E620BC:
message-id=<20041105082451.3C5E620BC at fanime.kicks-ass.net>
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/qmgr[18963]: 3C5E620BC: from=<>,
size=2956, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/qmgr[18963]: 2144F20BA: removed
Nov  5 00:24:51 fanime postfix/smtpd[18966]: disconnect from
rproxy.gmail.com[64.233.170.198]
Nov  5 00:24:53 fanime postfix/smtp[18972]: 3C5E620BC:
to=<zainie at gmail.com>, relay=gsmtp171.google.com[64.233.171.27],
delay=2, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1099643002)
Nov  5 00:24:53 fanime postfix/qmgr[18963]: 3C5E620BC: removed

Here's my main.cf file for Postfix: http://fanime.kicks-ass.net/main.cf
I've been following the instructions on this page:
http://www.syntheticzero.com/howto/vmail.php

If I had to guess, I'd say my problem was the relay... The log entry
for recieving the email says relay=virtual while the log entry for
sending the "User Unkown" email back to the server says
"relay=gsmtp171.google.com[64.233.171.27]"... and the latter works.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?



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