SYMPTOMS
Error: Recipient is not defined in address map.
CAUSE
Email address cannot be found in the Program Files\MailEnable\Config\Address_map.tab file.
When assigning an address to a mailbox, this
address is added to an internal structure called an Address Map. The address map is
used to associate e-mail address with MailEnable mailboxes. The
MailEnable Administration Program is used to assign addresses with
Mailboxes (under the properties of the mailbox).
When someone attempts to
send a message to MailEnable, MailEnable first checks to determine whether the
address is a known or registered domain (i.e. a domain that MailEnable should
accept and deliver mail to). If the mail is a local domain, MailEnable will
receive for all addresses that have been configured/associated with mailboxes
(Note: if a catch-all for the domain has been assigned, all mail will be
delivered to the catch-all if there is no address map).
If there is no
catch-all defined for the domain and there is no address map to associate the
recipient to a mailbox, MailEnable will return an error as
follows:
Domain for ([SMTP:mailbox@domain]) is locally serviced, but
recipient is not defined in address map
All of the above only applies
when someone is attempting to send mail to a domain that is hosted or
"registered" under MailEnable. Of course approved users will need to send mail
to domains other than local domains (e.g. Hotmail, Yahoo, AOL, etc). Sending
mail to an external domain is called Relaying. Care should be taken in
configuring your server with respect to relaying as it may allow spammers to
send unsolicited e-mail messages through the server (which will result in the
server being blacklisted). Before any public user can send messages through the
server, they should be authenticated (either by requiring them to enter a
username and password or by granting permissions to their IP
address).
RESOLUTION
Ensure that the email address resides in the Address_map.tab file. Ensure that Address_map.tab file is not corrupt. Run the Diagnostic Report to check the Address_map.tab file entries.
Here is some further information on the Diagnostic Report; http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020136
MORE INFORMATION
Information on setting relay options: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020001
Diagnostic Report states "Invalid system entries" for Address Map Validity: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020110
MTA Debug or Activity Logs contain 'Address Map could not resolve recipient ..' errors: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020112
How to recover configuration data if a system corruption occurs or is accidentally deleted: http://www.mailenable.com/kb/content/article.asp?ID=ME020156
Product: | MailEnable (All Versions) |
Article: | ME020219 |
Module: | Other |
Keywords: | address,map,address_map.tab,IP,relaying,error,recipient,is,not,defined,in |
Class: | ERR: Product Error |
Revised: | Wednesday, May 4, 2016 |
Author: | MailEnable |
Publisher: | MailEnable |