<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>Thanks for that. I edited the main.cf file at the end of last week when I noticed the error messages weren't available!</DIV>
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<DIV>In main.cf I now have:</DIV>
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<DIV>error_notice_recipient = <A href="mailto:root@server.domain">root@server.domain</A></DIV>
<DIV>bounce_notice_recipient = $error_notice_recipient </DIV>
<DIV>2bounce_notice_recipient = $error_notice_recipient</DIV>
<DIV>delay_notice_recipient = $error_notice_recipient<BR></DIV>
<DIV>After making the above changes, I found the previously described notification in the root mailbox:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>From MAILER-DAEMON<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Mon Apr 19 <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:time Hour="10" Minute="58">10:58:33</st1:time> 2010</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Return-Path: <></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Delivered-To: root@server.domain</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Received: by server.domain (Postfix, from userid 41)</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN>id 4C13E7E222; <st1:date Month="4" Day="19" Year="2010">Mon, 19 Apr 2010</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="10" Minute="58">10:58:33</st1:time> +0100 (BST)</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Message-ID: <cmu-sieve-11863-1271671113-1@server.domain></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Date: <st1:date Month="4" Day="19" Year="2010">Mon, 19 Apr 2010</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="10" Minute="58">10:58:33</st1:time> +0100</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>From: <outofofficeuser@domain></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>To: <root@server.domain></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Subject: Absence notification</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>In-Reply-To: <20100419-10541090-2044@264029-mta1-03.lon.intensive.int></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>Auto-Submitted: auto-replied (vacation)</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>This is an automated reply.</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>This person is temporarily out of the office</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>and has left the following note:</FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><o:p><FONT size=3> </FONT></o:p></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3>I am out of the office at a training course until Wednesday 28 April. I will respond to your email on my return. If you wish to speak to someone, please call reception on 999999. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I'm new to the inner workings of the mail server, so it's taking me a bit of time to trace messages through the system. Is it possible to tell anything from the above - for example, if Cyrus is using the wrong field to deliver the out of office message?</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again for your help.</DIV>
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<DIV>David</DIV>
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<DIV><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 19/4/10, Adam Tauno Williams <I><awilliam@whitemice.org></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam@whitemice.org><BR>Subject: Re: Cyrus vacation notice<BR>To: info-cyrus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu<BR>Date: Monday, 19 April, 2010, 14:01<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 14:37 +0200, Marc Patermann wrote:<BR>> > I couldn’t find any trace of a postmaster mailbox, so I changed the<BR>> > error logging address to ‘root’.<BR>> If postfix may not have been able to deliver to the postmaster mailbox<BR>> there must be information in the log file about this.<BR>> If error message go to an non existing mailbox this is an configuration<BR>> problem. Fix this!<BR><BR>+1 +1 +1<BR><BR>Check out the Postfix configuration directives: "notify_classes",<BR>"2bounce_notice_recipient", "bounce_notice_recipient",<BR>"delay_notice_recipient", "double_bounce_sender", and<BR>"error_notice_recipient". Tuning these can make your life much simpler.<BR><BR>-- <BR>OpenGroupware developer: <A href="http://uk.mc867.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=awilliam@whitemice.org" ymailto="mailto:awilliam@whitemice.org">awilliam@whitemice.org</A><BR><<A
href="http://whitemiceconsulting.blogspot.com/" target=_blank>http://whitemiceconsulting.blogspot.com/</A>><BR>OpenGroupare & Cyrus IMAPd documenation @<BR><<A href="http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view" target=_blank>http://docs.opengroupware.org/Members/whitemice/wmogag/file_view</A>><BR><BR>----<BR>Cyrus Home Page: <A href="http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/" target=_blank>http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/</A><BR>Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: <A href="http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki" target=_blank>http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki</A><BR>List Archives/Info: <A href="http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html" target=_blank>http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html</A></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>