Hmmm, well, a non existent mailbox is no temprary failure, it's very permanent. okay, in this case it's a false error, but to make another error to circumvent that is not a smooth solution. Perhaps you might want to set "soft_bounce = yes" in postfix' main.cf until you have found the error. See: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#soft_bounce Best, Daniel On 11.10.2006 17:31, Ramprasad wrote: > This is actually related to my previous question ... > > I just configured my cyrus server to accept mails directly from my > remote postfix server over lmtp > > Everything seems to work fine but sometimes lmtp gives strange errors > like > > to=<X>, orig_to=<X>, relay=202.162.229.40[202.162.229.40]:24, > delay=0.26, delays=0.25/0/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host > 202.162.229.40[202.162.229.40] said: 550-Mailbox unknown. Either there > is no mailbox associated with this 550-name or you do not have > authorization to see it. 550 5.1.1 User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO > command)) > > > When actually the mailbox is valid. The same mail sent again reaches > the mailbox without problems. The cyrus server is highly loaded most of > the time. > > > I want lmtp (over tcp) to give tempfail instead. I am already ensuring > mbox exists at smtp level > > > Thanks > Ram > > > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
