problem with aliases as distributor/mailinglist

Tue Mar 6 05:38:26 EST 2007

hi,
i recently asked on the postfix mailing list but there they told me that it
is a problem with cyrus.

i´m using postfix on fc4 with virtual users and domains stored in a mysql
db.
on my former mailserver i used aliases as mailingslists/distributor. a mail
sent to department-1 at domain.com has been delivered to all the mail addresses
defined in a seperate file for that alias.

now i tried the same and defined an alias department-1 at domain.com in the
appropriate mysql-table. for that alias i defined 2 test mail accounts. each
account/mail-address on a seperate line. the mail is delivered to the
accounts but the sender gets a "undelivered mail returned to sender" with
following content:
####################################################################

This is the Postfix program at host mail.novaware.de.

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 Postfix program

<lulu at novaware.de>: data format error. Command output: : Mailbox does not
exist

<p.trolliet at novaware.de>: data format error. Command output: : Mailbox does
not exist

####################################################################
here the snippet of my log file:
####################################################################
[snip]
...
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/smtp[29631]: 17D4C5E44B4:
to=<lulu at novaware.de>, orig_to=<everyone at novaware.de>,
relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=0, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=23575-01,
from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 Ok: queued as 4D5E05E44E2)
Mar  6 10:05:59 mail postfix/smtp[29631]: 17D4C5E44B4:
to=<p.trolliet at novaware.de>, orig_to=<everyone at novaware.de>,
relay=127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1], delay=0, status=sent (250 2.6.0 Ok, id=23575-01,
from MTA([127.0.0.1]:10025): 250 Ok: queued as 4D5E05E44E2)
...
[snip]
...
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: IOERROR: fstating sieve script
/var/lib/imap/sieve/domain/n/novaware.de/l/lulu/defaultbc: No such file or
directory
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: duplicate_check:
<IFEMJJOBPCHGAFECGKEBEECDCHAA.checkov at novathink.de> novaware.de!user.lulu 0
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: mystore: starting txn 2147484028
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: mystore: committing txn 2147484028
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: duplicate_mark:
<IFEMJJOBPCHGAFECGKEBEECDCHAA.checkov at novathink.de> novaware.de!user.lulu
1173175559 10
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: duplicate_check:
<IFEMJJOBPCHGAFECGKEBEECDCHAA.checkov at novathink.de>
novaware.de!user.p^trolliet 0
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: mystore: starting txn 2147484029
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: mystore: committing txn 2147484029
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: duplicate_mark:
<IFEMJJOBPCHGAFECGKEBEECDCHAA.checkov at novathink.de>
novaware.de!user.p^trolliet 1173175559 54
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: mystore: starting txn 2147484030
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: mystore: committing txn 2147484030
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: duplicate_mark:
<IFEMJJOBPCHGAFECGKEBEECDCHAA.checkov at novathink.de>
.p^trolliet+ at novaware.de.sieve. 1173175559 0
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/pipe[29636]: 4D5E05E44E2:
to=<lulu at novaware.de>, relay=cyrus, delay=0, status=bounced (data format
error. Command output: : Mailbox does not exist )
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/pipe[29636]: 4D5E05E44E2:
to=<p.trolliet at novaware.de>, relay=cyrus, delay=0, status=bounced (data
format error. Command output: : Mailbox does not exist )
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/cleanup[29628]: 66E935E44EB:
message-id=<20070306100559.66E935E44EB at mail.novaware.de>
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/qmgr[23547]: 66E935E44EB: from=<>, size=3863,
nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/qmgr[23547]: 4D5E05E44E2: removed
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: accepted connection
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: lmtp connection preauth'd as postman
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: IOERROR: fstating sieve script
/var/lib/imap/sieve/domain/n/novathink.de/c/checkov/defaultbc: No such file
or directory
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: duplicate_check:
<20070306100559.66E935E44EB at mail.novaware.de> novathink.de!user.checkov 0
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: mystore: starting txn 2147484031
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: mystore: committing txn 2147484031
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29638]: duplicate_mark:
<20070306100559.66E935E44EB at mail.novaware.de> novathink.de!user.checkov
1173175559 5
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/pipe[29640]: 66E935E44EB:
to=<checkov at novathink.de>, relay=cyrus, delay=0, status=sent (novathink.de)
Mar  6 11:05:59 mail postfix/qmgr[23547]: 66E935E44EB: removed

####################################################################

the mail is delivered to the accounts but the sender gets the above mail
(mail is being delivered with postfix and delivery is ok. then the mail is
delivered again but with lmtpunix). what´s the problem here? how can i solve
this problem?
why is the mail delivered twice? asking this because of the "duplicate mark"
and "duplicate check" lines in the log.

regards
philippe

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