Re: [fetchmail-users] Recipient address rejected: User unknown in local recipient table

[Rob M. <rob...@gm...>]

On 8/15/07, Johan Vandeweerd <fet...@bo...> wrote:
>
> My fetchmailrc looks like this:
>
>     set no bouncemail

So, if you're running as root bounced mail will be directed to
postmaster, otherwise the user running fetchmail (as detailed in the
man page).

>    set daemon 600
>    defaults:
>      antispam -1

The default antispam list is empty - I'm not sure what you're thinking
to achieve with this.

> In the logs I find things like this:
>
<---SNIP--->
>     Aug 12 06:12:01 cyclops postfix/smtpd[19251]: connect from
>     localhost[127.0.0.1]
>     Aug 12 06:12:01 cyclops postfix/smtpd[19251]: EBAE7214DF2:
>     client=localhost[127.0.0.1]

Fetchmail starts the process of sending the bounce message

>     Aug 12 06:12:01 cyclops fetchmail[3067]: mail from
>     MAILER-DAEMON@localserver bounced to fetchmail
>     Aug 12 06:12:02 cyclops postfix/cleanup[19252]: EBAE7214DF2:
>     message-id=<20070812041201.EBAE7214DF2@localserver>
>     Aug 12 06:12:02 cyclops postfix/smtpd[19251]: disconnect from
>     localhost[127.0.0.1]
>     Aug 12 06:12:02 cyclops postfix/qmgr[2967]: EBAE7214DF2: from=<>,
>     size=2340, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>     Aug 12 06:12:02 cyclops postfix/smtpd[19248]: 0B354214DF4:
>     client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
>     Aug 12 06:12:02 cyclops postfix/cleanup[19252]: 0B354214DF4:
>     message-id=<be1a01c7dca5$f0d405d0$0fff6d29@fredcoxaaxue>
>     Aug 12 06:12:02 cyclops postfix/local[19253]: EBAE7214DF2:
>     to=<fetchmail@localserver>, orig_to=<fetchmail>, relay=local,
>     delay=0.13, delays=0.1/0.01/0/0.02, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent
>     (delivered to maildir)

Bounce message delivered to the account "fetchmail"

> Where are those bouncemessage sent to? Or how could I have noticed this
> earlier?

They're delivered to the "fetchmail" user (the one running fetchmail).
 You could have noticed this earlier by monitoring that account's
email :)  Easiest approach is probably to alias that to the postmaster
address, which you should also be monitoring.

> The old mails are lost, I presume?

Depends on what was in the bounce - I haven't seen a fetchmail bounce
so I can't say.  If fetchmail is only providing the minimal "Your
message titled X could not be delivered" then you're out of luck.

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