Qmail Question

[seanstephens]

I have 22,666 of the following in my logs since Dec 27th;

Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.686621 info msg 5226732: bytes 18199 from <#@[]> qp 16242 uid 2522
Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.689906 starting delivery 116894: msg 5226732 to remote [email protected]
Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.689974 status: local 0/10 remote 3/20
Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.762107 delivery 116894: failure: Sorry._Although_I'm_listed_as_a_best-preference_MX_or_A_for_that_host,/it_isn't_in_my_control/locals_file,_so_I_don't_treat_it_as_local._(#5.4.6)/
Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.762367 status: local 0/10 remote 2/20
Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.762423 triple bounce: discarding bounce/5226732
Dec 27 05:36:31 SERVER qmail: 1104143791.762467 end msg 5226732

What are they?

 

[sammykona]

sounds like the MX record for that .ca domain name is pointing to your server yet your machine doesn't have mail setup for it. When you add a domain to plesk, it adds it to the /var/qmail/control/rcpthosts file and /var/qmail/control/virtualdomains
so that the server knows what to do when email is to be sent to that domain.

 

[seanstephens]

Note that the domain is in form of XXX.xxxxx.ca - it's actually a tertiary domain - so shouldn't it use the primary domain's xxxx.ca MX record?

 

[sammykona]

even if it does use the primary domain's MX record .. the mail server wil still not recognize the domain until XX.xxx.ca has been added to the controls file. You'll have to login to plesk and add XX.xxx.ca as a new domain and setup mail for it.