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Old 19th November 2010, 15:47
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Default Postfix not forwarding for some domains
Version: postfix-2.5.1
Linux violin 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jan 6 13:26:04 EST 2010
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Hi All,

I have a problem with postfix alias using mysql. Some emails
consistently forward, others consistently fail and I don't know why as
both are setup the same. I'm afraid there is a lot of info here, very
grateful to anyone who can have a look.

My questions are:
1) why does one of those work and the other one fail. Forwarding to
any btinternet/any btconnect/any yahoo.co.uk/some gmail/some aol fail.
2) why are there so many SQL queries for each email? Should they all
be there?
3) how do I stop the bounce from the failed one trying to resolve
against the alias table?

Regards,

Rob

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This is an example that works, sending email via telnet, the postfix
logs and then the mySQL logs

[roba@yeps72594 sites]$ telnet violin 25
Trying 192.168.92.29...
Connected to violin.group.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.sites.co.uk ESMTP Postfix
HELO gmail.com
250 mail.sites.co.uk
MAIL FROM:rob@gmail.com
250 2.1.0 Ok
RCPT TO:test1@vintage.co.uk
250 2.1.5 Ok
DATA
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
test
.
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as 1516B2EE66
^]

telnet> q
Connection closed.

postfix log

Nov 18 16:39:04 violin postfix/smtpd[23963]: connect from
unknown[10.51.130.35]
Nov 18 16:39:32 violin postfix/smtpd[23963]: 1516B2EE66:
client=unknown[10.51.130.35]
Nov 18 16:39:44 violin postfix/cleanup[24257]: 1516B2EE66: message-
id=<20101118163932.1516B2EE66@mail.sites.co.uk>
Nov 18 16:39:44 violin postfix/qmgr[22677]: 1516B2EE66:
from=<rob@gmail.com>, size=357, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 18 16:39:44 violin postfix/smtp[24273]: 1516B2EE66:
to=<rob@example.co.uk>, orig_to=<test1@vintage.co.uk>,
relay=mail0.example.co.uk[123.456.69.136]:25, delay=23,
delays=23/0.02/0.05/0.15, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued
as 53E5052A0)
Nov 18 16:39:44 violin postfix/qmgr[22677]: 1516B2EE66: removed
Nov 18 16:39:52 violin postfix/smtpd[23963]: disconnect from
unknown[10.51.130.35]

sql log

101118 16:39:32 666197 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666197 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'vintage.co.uk'
666198 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666198 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'vintage.co.uk'
666199 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666199 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'vintage.co.uk'
666199 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'vintage.co.uk'
666200 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666200 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'test1@vintage.co.uk'
666201 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666201 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'test1@vintage.co.uk'
666201 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'rob@example.co.uk'
666202 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666202 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'example.co.uk'
666201 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'@example.co.uk'
101118 16:39:44 666197 Query select domain from email_domains where
domain = 'example.co.uk'
666198 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'example.co.uk'
666197 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'example.co.uk'
666197 Query select domain from email_domains where domain = 'co.uk'
666197 Query select domain from email_domains where domain = 'uk'

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is an example that fails

[roba@yeps72594 sites]$ telnet violin 25
Trying 192.168.92.29...
Connected to violin.group.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 mail.sites.co.uk ESMTP Postfix
HELO gmail.com
250 mail.sites.co.uk
MAIL FROM:rob@gmail.com
250 2.1.0 Ok
RCPT TO:test3@vintage.co.uk
250 2.1.5 Ok
DATA
354 End data with <CR><LF>.<CR><LF>
test
.
250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as C69742EE66
^]

telnet> q
Connection closed.

postfix log

Nov 18 16:37:22 violin postfix/smtpd[23963]: connect from
unknown[10.51.130.35]
Nov 18 16:37:35 violin postfix/smtpd[23963]: C69742EE66:
client=unknown[10.51.130.35]
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/cleanup[24184]: C69742EE66: message-
id=<20101118163735.C69742EE66@mail.sites.co.uk>
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/qmgr[22677]: C69742EE66:
from=<rob@gmail.com>, size=357, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/local[24202]: C69742EE66:
to=<nicky@btinternet.com>, orig_to=<test3@vintage.co.uk>, relay=local,
delay=13, delays=13/0.02/0/0.02, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown
user: "nicky")
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/cleanup[24184]: AFAD42EE6B: message-
id=<20101118163744.AFAD42EE6B@mail.sites.co.uk>
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/qmgr[22677]: AFAD42EE6B: from=<>,
size=2209, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/bounce[24203]: C69742EE66: sender non-
delivery notification: AFAD42EE6B
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/qmgr[22677]: C69742EE66: removed
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/local[24202]: AFAD42EE6B:
to=<rob@gmail.com>, relay=local, delay=0.03,
delays=0.01/0/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user:
"rob")
Nov 18 16:37:44 violin postfix/qmgr[22677]: AFAD42EE6B: removed
Nov 18 16:37:45 violin postfix/anvil[22654]: statistics: max
connection rate 13/60s for (smtp:192.168.92.11) at Nov 18 16:29:34
Nov 18 16:37:45 violin postfix/anvil[22654]: statistics: max
connection count 1 for (smtp:192.168.92.11) at Nov 18 16:27:48
Nov 18 16:37:45 violin postfix/anvil[22654]: statistics: max cache
size 2 at Nov 18 16:37:22
Nov 18 16:37:49 violin postfix/smtpd[23963]: disconnect from
unknown[10.51.130.35]

SQL log

101118 16:37:32 666191 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666191 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'gmail.com'
666192 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666192 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'gmail.com'
101118 16:37:35 666191 Query select domain from email_domains where
domain = 'vintage.co.uk'
666192 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'vintage.co.uk'
666193 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666193 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'vintage.co.uk'
666193 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'vintage.co.uk'
666194 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666194 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'test3@vintage.co.uk'
666195 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'test3@vintage.co.uk'
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'nicky@btinternet.com'
666196 Connect postfix_r@violin.group.com on postfixdb
666196 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'btinternet.com'
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming = 'nicky'
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'@btinternet.com'
101118 16:37:44 666191 Query select domain from email_domains where
domain = 'btinternet.com'
666192 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'btinternet.com'
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'rob@gmail.com'
666196 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'gmail.com'
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'rob'
666195 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'@gmail.com'
666191 Query select domain from email_domains where domain =
'gmail.com'
666192 Query select outgoing from email_map where incoming =
'gmail.com'
101118 16:38:35 666193 Quit
666194 Quit
101118 16:38:44 666196 Quit
666195 Quit

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Here is the mysql data

mysql> desc email_map;
+----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
| mapid | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment |
| incoming | varchar(100) | YES | | NULL | |
| outgoing | varchar(100) | YES | | NULL | |
| status | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
+----------+--------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> select * from email_map where incoming like '%vintage.co.uk';
+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------------
+--------+
| mapid | incoming | outgoing |
status |
+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------------
+--------+
| 2434 | test1@vintage.co.uk | rob@example.co.uk
| 1 |
| 2770 | test3@vintage.co.uk | nicky@btinternet.com
| 1 |
+-------+-----------------------------+----------------------------
+--------+

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

And postfix config - main.cf

queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix

command_directory = /usr/sbin

daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix

data_directory = /var/lib/postfix

mail_owner = postfix

myhostname = violin.sites.co.uk

mydomain = sites.co.uk

myorigin = $mydomain

virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/home/mailadmin/virtual.cf

unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550

mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8

virtual_alias_domains = mysql:/home/mailadmin/domains.cf

smtpd_helo_restrictions =
reject_invalid_helo_hostname,
reject_non_fqdn_helo_hostname,
permit

smtpd_sender_restrictions =
reject_non_fqdn_sender,
reject_unknown_sender_domain,
permit

smtpd_recipient_restrictions =
reject_unlisted_recipient,
reject_non_fqdn_recipient,
permit_mynetworks,
reject_unauth_destination,
permit

debug_peer_level = 2

debugger_command =
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin
ddd $daemon_directory/$process_name $process_id & sleep 5

sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix

newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix

mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix

setgid_group = postdrop

html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.5.1-documentation/html

manpage_directory = /usr/share/man

sample_directory = /etc/postfix

readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.5.1-documentation/readme
alias_database = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/aliases

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[mailadmin@violin ~]$ cat domains.cf
hosts = violin
user = postfix_r
password = blah
dbname = postfixdb
query = select domain from email_domains where domain = '%s'

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[mailadmin@violin ~]$ cat virtual.cf
hosts = violin
user = postfix_r
password = blah
dbname = postfixdb
query = select outgoing from email_map where incoming = '%s'

Domain names / email addresses have been changed to protect the
innocent!
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Old 21st November 2010, 14:56
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From reading postfix.org and taking config settings from other servers that do work. The biggest question is why does it work to some email addresses and not others?

First thought was that the destination ISP has a whitelist which would explain why no BT emails get through at all. However the logs indicate that postfix isn't getting as far as contacting their mail servers to even be told there is a block.

I think it isn't anything to do with mysql as I have dumped the email alias table to text as key/value pairs and built it as hash table, which made no difference.
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Nevermind, fixed!

Never underestimate your users.

Some of them put the destination domains (gmail.com, btinternet.com, etc) into the alais domains table!
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