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Error: User unknown in virtual alias table

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Problem : I try to send emails to a specific username (user@domain.com) but the email bounces.

 

Log entry:

Sep 24 05:52:55 xxxxxxxxxxx postfix/error[16880]: 1C509C108C: to=<user@domain.com>, relay=none, delay=0.44, delays=0.42/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (User unknown in virtual alias table)

 

Solution 1:

Make sure the user email is correct in postfix config file : 

cat /etc/postfix/virtual|grep user@domain.com

 

Solution 2:

If the user exists and the name is correct. Then check the postfix configuration to make sure it is searching for the correct email address.

Postfix may search for:

  1. user.domain
  2. user@domain.com

 

Check which one is used.

 

Solution 3:

In case that 2nd format is used (user@domain.com) then do the following:

1) In webmin dashboard: Servers > Postfix > Address Rewriting and Masquerading

2) make sure the following parameters are set to (Yes):

 

 

That should solve the problem.

 

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