[Kroupware] Mail Forwarding Loop

[Jon Bendtsen]

tirsdag 6. jan 2004 kl. 01:49 skrev Dirk Zimmer:

> Hello,
>
>>>> and in the postfix alias file ?
>>>
>>> there is no alias for "dz at xxx-yyy.de". there is an entry "dz    
>>> dz at xxx-yyy.de" in the virtual file.
>>
>> thats the problem.
>>
>>
>>>> what about the alias field in the ldap database?
>>>
>>> the e-mail alias for "dz at xxx-yyy.de" is "dz" (figured out in the 
>>> kolab web-interface)
>>
>> this is your problem.
>
> That was not the problem. I created a user "dzimmer at xxx-yyy.de" with 
> and without alias and in both configuration the emails were delivered.

yes, the emails are delivered for another user without a alias.
Look, you have an alias dz, that forwards to dz that forwards to dz 
that ...


> In my opinion the problem is: The provider appends a "delivered-to 
> header" (account on the server of the provider). Fetchmail fetchs the 
> mail from this account and forwards the mail to postfix. Postfix 
> recognized the "delivered-to header" (local and isp account have the 
> same name "dz at xxx-yyy.de") and bounces the mail. I think this is a 
> design issue of the kolab-server. I have a running kolab-server since 
> 2002-12. All worked fine. Now i tried to install a new server (new 
> hardware) and there are a lot of toubles. For this problem i have a 
> workaround so i can start a new thread with the next problem now.

i dont think postfix looks at the header, i only think that it looks at 
the envelope
information.



JonB