What does this error message mean

Wade Smart wade at wadesmart.com
Sun Nov 12 16:59:09 UTC 2006


11122006 1055 GMT-6

Got it:
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: warning:
database /etc/aliases.db is older than source file /etc/aliases
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: connect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT
from localhost[127.0.0.1]: 550 <wade at localhost>: Recipient address
rejected: User unknown in local recipient table;
from=<ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com> to=<wade at localhost>
proto=ESMTP helo=<wadesmart>
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: warning:
database /etc/aliases.db is older than source file /etc/aliases
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: connect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: BD4C6F6D2E:
client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/cleanup[7940]: BD4C6F6D2E:
message-id=<20061112165219.BD4C6F6D2E at mail.wadesmart.com>
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: BD4C6F6D2E: from=<>,
size=4795, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/local[7942]: warning:
database /etc/aliases.db is older than source file /etc/aliases
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: disconnect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: D3158F73A0:
client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/local[7942]: BD4C6F6D2E:
to=<wadesmart at wadesmart.com>, orig_to=<wadesmart>, relay=local, delay=0,
status=sent (delivered to maildir)
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: BD4C6F6D2E: removed
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/cleanup[7940]: D3158F73A0:
message-id=<200611121146.54857.ubuntu at kitterman.com>
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: D3158F73A0:
from=<ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com>, size=4879, nrcpt=1 (queue
active)
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/local[7942]: D3158F73A0:
to=<wadesmart at localhost>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered
to maildir)
Nov 12 10:52:19 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: D3158F73A0: removed
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT
from localhost[127.0.0.1]: 550 <wade at localhost>: Recipient address
rejected: User unknown in local recipient table;
from=<WISP-owner at part-15.org> to=<wade at localhost> proto=ESMTP
helo=<wadesmart>
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: connect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: 16749F6D2E:
client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/cleanup[7940]: 16749F6D2E:
message-id=<20061112165220.16749F6D2E at mail.wadesmart.com>
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: 16749F6D2E: from=<>,
size=3257, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7939]: disconnect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/local[7942]: 16749F6D2E:
to=<wadesmart at wadesmart.com>, orig_to=<wadesmart>, relay=local, delay=0,
status=sent (delivered to maildir)
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: 16749F6D2E: removed
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: 2771CF6D2E:
client=localhost[127.0.0.1]
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/cleanup[7940]: 2771CF6D2E:
message-id=<000e01c70679$ee3c57d0$1601a8c0 at neato.net>
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: 2771CF6D2E:
from=<WISP-owner at part-15.org>, size=4900, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/local[7942]: 2771CF6D2E:
to=<wadesmart at localhost>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (delivered
to maildir)
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/qmgr[4839]: 2771CF6D2E: removed
Nov 12 10:52:20 wadesmart postfix/smtpd[7936]: disconnect from
localhost[127.0.0.1]

This doesnt tell me anything more than I know though. 
Third message -> Recipient address rejected: User unknown.  Im pretty
sure that is a alias thing.

On Sun, 2006-11-12 at 11:46 -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:

> On Sunday 12 November 2006 11:40, Wade Smart wrote:
> > 11122006 1037 GMT-6
> >
> > This isnt spam. As soon as I get a email, this is automatically
> > generated. I think it has to do with the fetchmail/postfix/dovecot
> > setup. Something to do with aliases and mapping. Thats a bit beyond what
> > I know so Im having to read up on this. It said it cant deliver to
> > wade at localhost, which makes me think its a postfix problem. Fetchmail
> > just gets it and dumps it and dovecot just works when Evolution is
> > started. And these messages are really pilling up. I have over 1000 in
> > two days - which is the number of email I got.
> 
> If Postfix is generating these messages, you will find it in the mail log.  
> 
> What I'd suggest is find the time that one of these messages was generated 
> (hopefully a time when not much else is going on mail wise) and copy the 
> contents of /var/log/mail.log for a minute prior and a minute after the time 
> the bounce got generated.  
> 
> Post that and the output of postconf -n here.
> 
> Scott K
> 
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