Error:domain database does not exist

Question

Hi we are running Iplanet mssaging Server 5.2 p1 running in dirsync mode and iplanet directory server 5.1.We have configured th ldap settings of some of the users using the maildeliveryoption to mailbox and forward & we have set the mailforwarding attribute to forward the mail to a set of users.Now yesterday our smtp server panic & service stopped working.After removing the lock files in ../imta/tmp/ directory the service started working.But now for all the users for whom this forwarding of mails has been sent are getting there mails bounced.for other users for whom this option is not there the mail is getting delivered.The error recived is Illegal host / domain name.
I ran imsimta test -rewrite -debug for a user whose mail is getting bounced and i get the following output.here attaching some of the lines Can anyone please guide me as to what the problem is?(nslookup is working).
Does the imsimta cleandb might have corrupted the entries?
Regards and thanks in advance
Script started on Tue Nov 30 16:45:02 2004
# imsimta test -rewrite -debug
Initializing mm_.
Initializing mm_ submission.
Checking identifiers.
Address: [email protected]
*** Debug output from initializing MM for submission:
16:45:17.33: mmc_winit('l','[email protected]','[email protected]') called.
16:45:17.33: Queue area size 9236824, temp area size 3202696
16:45:17.33: 2309206 blocks of effective free queue space available; setting disk limit accordingly.
16:45:17.33: 1601348 blocks of free temporary space available; setting disk limit accordingly.
16:45:17.33: Rewriting: Mbox = "postmaster", host = "mail1.hathway.com", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.33: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.33: Failed.
16:45:17.33: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
16:45:17.33: (domain database does not exist)
16:45:17.33: Failed
16:45:17.33: Rewriting: Mbox = "postmaster", host = "mail1", domain = "mail1.hathway.com", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.33: Rewrite: "mail1.hathway.com", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.33: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
16:45:17.33: New mailbox: "postmaster".
16:45:17.33: New host: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.33: New route: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: New channel system: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: Looking up host "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: - found on channel l
16:45:17.34: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
16:45:17.34: Rewriting: Mbox = "postmaster", host = "mail1.hathway.com", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.34: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.34: Failed.
16:45:17.34: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
16:45:17.34: (domain database does not exist)
16:45:17.34: Failed
16:45:17.34: Rewriting: Mbox = "postmaster", host = "mail1", domain = "mail1.hathway.com", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.34: Rewrite: "mail1.hathway.com", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.34: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
16:45:17.34: New mailbox: "postmaster".
16:45:17.34: New host: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: New route: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: New channel system: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: Looking up host "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.34: - found on channel l
16:45:17.34: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
16:45:17.34: Mapped return address: [email protected]
*** Debug output from rewriting a forward header address:
16:45:17.34: Rewriting: Mbox = "systeam", host = "hathway.net", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.35: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.35: Failed.
16:45:17.35: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
16:45:17.35: (domain database does not exist)
16:45:17.35: Failed
16:45:17.35: Rewriting: Mbox = "systeam", host = "hathway", domain = "hathway.net", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.35: Rewrite: "hathway.net", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.35: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
16:45:17.35: New mailbox: "systeam".
16:45:17.35: New host: "hathway.net".
16:45:17.35: New route: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.35: New channel system: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.35: Looking up host "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.35: - found on channel l
16:45:17.35: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
16:45:17.35: Rewrite rules result: [email protected]
16:45:17.35: Applying reverse database to: [email protected]
16:45:17.35: No match -- no such entry.
forward channel = l
channel description =
channel user filter =
dest channel filter =
source channel filter =
channel flags #0 = BIDIRECTIONAL MULTIPLE IMMNONURGENT NOSERVICEALL
channel flags #1 = NOSMTP DEFAULT
channel flags #2 = COPYSENDPOST COPYWARNPOST POSTHEADONLY HEADERINC NOEXPROUTE
channel flags #3 = LOGGING NOGREY NORESTRICTED RETAINSECURITMULTIPARTS
channel flags #4 = EIGHTBIT NOHEADERTRIM NOHEADERREAD RULES
channel flags #5 =
channel flags #6 = LOCALUSER REPORTHEADER
channel flags #7 = NOSWITCHCHANNEL NOREMOTEHOST DATEFOUR DAYOFWEEK
channel flags #8 = NODEFRAGMENT EXQUOTA REVERSE NOCONVERT_OCTET_STREAM
channel flags #9 = NOTHURMAN INTERPRETENCODING USEINTERMEDIATE RECEIVEDFROM VALIDATELOCALSYSTEM NOTURN
defaulthost = hathway.com hathway.com
linelength = 1023
channel env addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel hdr addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel official host = mail1.hathway.com
channel queue 0 name = LOCAL_POOL
channel queue 1 name = LOCAL_POOL
channel queue 2 name = LOCAL_POOL
channel queue 3 name = LOCAL_POOL
channel after params =
channel user name =
urgentnotices = 1 2 4 7
normalnotices = 1 2 4 7
nonurgentnotices = 1 2 4 7
channel rightslist ids =
local behavior flags = %x7
backward channel = l
header To: address = [email protected]
header From: address = [email protected]
envelope To: address = [email protected] (route (mail1.hathway.com,mail1.hathway.com)) (host hathway.net)
envelope From: address = [email protected]
name =
mbox = systeam
Extracted address action list:
[email protected]
Extracted 733 address action list:
[email protected]
Address list expansion:
systeam.hathway.net@ims-ms-daemon
nasser.hathway.net@ims-ms-daemon
sayed.hathway.net@ims-ms-daemon
sameerm.hathway.net@ims-ms-daemon
daji.hathway.net@ims-ms-daemon
umanga.hathway.net@ims-ms-daemon
6 expansion total.
*** Debug output from submitting an envelope address:
16:45:17.37: mmc_wadr(0x0005ef70,'[email protected]','[email protected]') called.
16:45:17.37: Copy estimate before address addition is 1
16:45:17.37: Parsing address [email protected]
16:45:17.37: Rewriting: Mbox = "systeam", host = "hathway.net", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.37: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.37: Failed.
16:45:17.37: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
16:45:17.37: (domain database does not exist)
16:45:17.37: Failed
16:45:17.37: Rewriting: Mbox = "systeam", host = "hathway", domain = "hathway.net", literal = "", tag = ""
16:45:17.37: Rewrite: "hathway.net", position 0, hash table -
16:45:17.37: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
16:45:17.37: New mailbox: "systeam".
16:45:17.37: New host: "hathway.net".
16:45:17.37: New route: "mail1.hathway.com".
16:45:17.37: New channel system: "mail1.hathway.com".

Answer 1

Your first mistake. . .
Hi we are running Iplanet mssaging Server 5.2 p1 running in dirsync mode
please get off dirsync mode. There are bugs with dirsync that will never be fixed. 5.2p1 is well over a year old, and there're hundreds of fixed bugs there. 5.2p2 is available for free, on Sun's web site.
You still have some dirsync problems.