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@xxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxx 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>: data format error. Command output: : Mailbox does not exist <p.trolliet@xxxxxxxxxxx>: 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>, orig_to=<everyone@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>, orig_to=<everyone@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> novaware.de!user.lulu 1173175559 10 Mar 6 11:05:59 mail lmtpunix[29557]: duplicate_check: <IFEMJJOBPCHGAFECGKEBEECDCHAA.checkov@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxx> .p^trolliet+@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 1173175559 0 Mar 6 11:05:59 mail postfix/pipe[29636]: 4D5E05E44E2: to=<lulu@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 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@xxxxxxxxxxx>, 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> novathink.de!user.checkov 1173175559 5 Mar 6 11:05:59 mail postfix/pipe[29640]: 66E935E44EB: to=<checkov@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, 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 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. 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