Incorrect Sender value when 'mail' attribute is multivalued

Question

hi,
i've just upgraded Sun messaging server 2005Q4 from IMS 5.2 and noted some behavioural difference in the reverse_url operations.
I've noted that reverse_url operations on the 'mail' attribute for ims5.2 seems to ignore subsequent values of this attribute if it's multivalued.
Sun Messaging 2005Q4, however, seems to have taken into account the multiple values of the 'mail' attribute.
This is resulting the mail's "From:" field to be using the subsequent values.
Setup
Account: mailtes1 (with multivalued 'mail' attribute)
mail: [email protected]
[email protected] (Not a configured mail domain handled by Sun messaging. Used by other applications)
mailhost: mailsit.portnet.com.sg (for Sun messaging 2005q4)
pnsasit1app1.portnet.com (for ims52)
test mails are sent to the same accounts.
Results of ./imsimta test -rewrite -debug mailtes1 on Sun Messaging 2005q4 as follows:
*** Debug output from rewriting a forward header address:
00:07:53.03: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet.com.sg", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
00:07:53.03: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
00:07:53.03: Found: "$E$F$U%[email protected]$V$H"
00:07:53.03: Rewrite failed, not envelope.
00:07:53.03: Rewrite: "$*", position 1, hash table -
00:07:53.03: Failed.
00:07:53.03: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
00:07:53.03: Failed
00:07:53.03: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet", domain = "portnet.com.sg", literal = "", tag = ""
00:07:53.03: Rewrite: "portnet.com.sg", position 0, hash table -
00:07:53.03: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
00:07:53.03: New mailbox: "mailtes1".
00:07:53.03: New host: "portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.03: New route: "png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.03: New channel system: "png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.03: Looking up host "png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.03: - found on channel l
00:07:53.03: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
00:07:53.03: Rewrite rules result: [email protected]
00:07:53.03: Checking reverse URL cache for: [email protected]
00:07:53.03: Applying reverse URL pattern ldap:///$V?mail?sub?$Q to: [email protected]
00:07:53.05: Resulting URL: ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])([email protected]))
00:07:53.05: mmc_open_url called to open ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg)), flags = 384
00:07:53.05: URL with quotes stripped: ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg))
00:07:53.05: LDAP URL identified
00:07:53.05: URL context #1 will be used
00:07:53.05: Performing URL search on: ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg))
00:07:53.05: mmc_read_url result: [uid=mailtes1,ou=People,ou=ZZZ,ou=Customers, l=SGSIN, o=portnet.com]
00:07:53.05: URL resolution returned: [uid=mailtes1,ou=People,ou=ZZZ,ou=Customers, l=SGSIN, o=portnet.com]
00:07:53.05: mmc_read_url result: [mail] [email protected]
00:07:53.05: URL resolution returned: [mail] [email protected]
00:07:53.05: Attribute index: 16
00:07:53.05: LDAP URL produced address [email protected]
00:07:53.05: mmc_read_url result: [mail] [email protected]
00:07:53.05: URL resolution returned: [mail] [email protected]
00:07:53.05: Attribute index: 16
00:07:53.05: LDAP URL produced address [email protected]
00:07:53.05: No more result to return
*** Debug output from rewriting a forward envelope address:
00:07:53.05: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet.com.sg", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
00:07:53.05: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
00:07:53.05: Found: "$E$F$U%[email protected]$V$H"
00:07:53.05: Match, pattern = "portnet.com.sg", current = "(*domaincheck*)"
00:07:53.05: old state = not checked.
00:07:53.05: Domain check on portnet.com.sg.
00:07:53.05: Added domain result 1 to cache for portnet.com.sg.
00:07:53.05: new state = succeeded.
00:07:53.05: New mailbox: "mailtes1".
00:07:53.05: New host: "portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.05: New route: "png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.05: New channel system: "png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.05: Looking up host "png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg".
00:07:53.05: - found on channel l
00:07:53.05: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
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 RETAINSECURITYMULTIPARTS
channel flags #4 = EIGHTBIT NOHEADERTRIM NOHEADERREAD RULES
channel flags #5 = SLAVE_DEBUG
channel flags #6 = LOCALUSER REPORTNOTARY
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 = portnet.com.sg portnet.com.sg
linelength = 1023
channel env addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel hdr addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel official host = png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg
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
expandchannel =
notificationchannel =
dispositionchannel =
saslswitchchannel =
tlsswitchchannel =
backward channel = l
header To: address = [email protected]
header From: address = [email protected]
envelope To: address = [email protected] (route (png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg,png1app1-mail.portnet.com.sg)) (host portnet.com.sg)
envelope From: address = [email protected]
name =
mbox = mailtes1
Results of ./imsimta test -rewrite -debug mailtes1 on ims52 as follows:
*** Debug output from rewriting a forward header address:
00:09:58.97: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet.com.sg", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
00:09:58.97: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
00:09:58.97: Found: "$E$F$U%[email protected]$V$H"
00:09:58.97: Rewrite failed, not envelope.
00:09:58.97: Rewrite: "$*", position 1, hash table -
00:09:58.97: Failed.
00:09:58.97: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
00:09:58.97: Failed
00:09:58.97: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet", domain = "portnet.com.sg", literal = "", tag = ""
00:09:58.97: Rewrite: "portnet.com.sg", position 0, hash table -
00:09:58.97: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
00:09:58.97: New mailbox: "mailtes1".
00:09:58.97: New host: "portnet.com.sg".
00:09:58.97: New route: "pnsasit1app1.portnet.com".
00:09:58.97: New channel system: "pnsasit1app1.portnet.com".
00:09:58.97: Looking up host "pnsasit1app1.portnet.com".
00:09:58.97: - found on channel l
00:09:58.97: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
00:09:58.97: Rewrite rules result: [email protected]
00:09:58.97: Checking reverse URL cache for: [email protected]
00:09:58.97: Applying reverse URL pattern ldap:///$V?mail?sub?$Q to: [email protected]
00:09:58.99: Resulting URL: ldap:///l%3Dsgsin%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])([email protected]))
00:09:58.99: mmc_open_url called to open ldap:///l%3Dsgsin%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg)), flags = 256
00:09:58.99: URL with quotes stripped: ldap:///l%3Dsgsin%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg))
00:09:58.99: LDAP URL identified
00:09:58.99: URL context #1 will be used
00:09:58.99: Performing URL search on: ldap:///l%3Dsgsin%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg))
00:09:58.99: mmc_read_url result: [email protected]
00:09:58.99: URL resolution returned: [email protected]
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 RETAINSECURITYMULTIPARTS
channel flags #4 = EIGHTBIT NOHEADERTRIM NOHEADERREAD RULES
channel flags #5 = SLAVE_DEBUG
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 = portnet.com.sg portnet.com.sg
linelength = 1023
channel env addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel hdr addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel official host = pnsasit1app1.portnet.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 (pnsasit1app1.portnet.com,pnsasit1app1.portnet.com)) (host portnet.com.sg)
envelope From: address = [email protected]
name =
mbox = mailtes1
emails sent to mailtes1 using the Sun messaging 2005q4 service will be en-queued as '[email protected]' for sender but de-queued to mail store with '[email protected]' as sender.
09-Dec-2007 21:00:47.38 tcp_intranet ims-ms E 1 [email protected] rfc822;[email protected] mailtes1@ims-ms-daemon
09-Dec-2007 21:00:48.19 ims-ms D 1 [email protected] rfc822;[email protected] mailtes1@ims-ms-daemon
Physical message file will show '[email protected]' as sender.
Return-path: <[email protected]>
Received: from portnet.com.sg (pnsgsit1app2.portnet.com [10.106.65.36])
by mailsit.portnet.com.sg
(Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007))
with ESMTP id <[email protected]> for
[email protected]; Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:00:47 +0800 (SGT)
Received: from [10.106.65.101] (Forwarded-For: 10.10.140.109)
by mailsit.portnet.com.sg (mshttpd); Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:00:47 +0800
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 21:00:47 +0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: test
To: [email protected]
Message-id: <[email protected]>
MIME-version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-language: en
Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
Content-disposition: inline
X-Accept-Language: en
Priority: normal
Original-recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
test
Action tried.
1) Re-order values of mail attribute as follows:
mail: [email protected]
[email protected]
results from ./imsimta test -rewrite -debug mailtes1 on Sun messaging 2005q4:
*** Debug output from rewriting a forward header address:
00:21:45.57: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet.com.sg", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
00:21:45.57: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
00:21:45.57: Found: "$A$E$F$U%[email protected]"
00:21:45.57: Rewrite failed, not envelope.
00:21:45.57: Rewrite: "$*", position 1, hash table -
00:21:45.57: Failed.
00:21:45.57: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, rewrite database -
00:21:45.57: Failed
00:21:45.57: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet", domain = "portnet.com.sg", literal = "", tag = ""
00:21:45.57: Rewrite: "portnet.com.sg", position 0, hash table -
00:21:45.57: Found: "$U%[email protected]"
00:21:45.57: New mailbox: "mailtes1".
00:21:45.57: New host: "portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.57: New route: "mailsit.portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.57: New channel system: "mailsit.portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.57: Looking up host "mailsit.portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.57: - found on channel l
00:21:45.57: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
00:21:45.57: Rewrite rules result: [email protected]
00:21:45.57: Checking reverse URL cache for: [email protected]
00:21:45.57: Applying reverse URL pattern ldap:///$V?mail?sub?$Q to: [email protected]
00:21:45.58: Resulting URL: ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])([email protected]))
00:21:45.58: mmc_open_url called to open ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg)), flags = 384
00:21:45.58: URL with quotes stripped: ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg))
00:21:45.58: LDAP URL identified
00:21:45.58: URL context #1 will be used
00:21:45.58: Performing URL search on: ldap:///l%3DSGSIN%2Co%3Dportnet.com?mail?sub?(|([email protected])(mailAlternateAddress=mailtes1@portnet.
com.sg))
00:21:45.59: mmc_read_url result: [uid=mailtes1,ou=People,ou=PSA,ou=Customers, l=SGSIN, o=portnet.com]
00:21:45.59: URL resolution returned: [uid=mailtes1,ou=People,ou=PSA,ou=Customers, l=SGSIN, o=portnet.com]
00:21:45.59: mmc_read_url result: [mail] [email protected]
00:21:45.59: URL resolution returned: [mail] [email protected]
00:21:45.59: Attribute index: 16
00:21:45.59: LDAP URL produced address [email protected]
00:21:45.59: mmc_read_url result: [mail] [email protected]
00:21:45.59: URL resolution returned: [mail] [email protected]
00:21:45.59: Attribute index: 16
00:21:45.59: LDAP URL produced address [email protected]
00:21:45.59: No more result to return
*** Debug output from rewriting a forward envelope address:
00:21:45.59: Rewriting: Mbox = "mailtes1", host = "portnet.com.sg", domain = "$*", literal = "", tag = ""
00:21:45.59: Rewrite: "$*", position 0, hash table -
00:21:45.59: Found: "$A$E$F$U%[email protected]"
00:21:45.59: Match, pattern = "portnet.com.sg", current = "(*domaincheck*)"
00:21:45.59: old state = not checked.
00:21:45.59: Domain check on portnet.com.sg.
00:21:45.59: Added domain result 1 to cache for portnet.com.sg.
00:21:45.59: new state = succeeded.
00:21:45.59: New mailbox: "mailtes1".
00:21:45.59: New host: "portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.59: New route: "mailsit.portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.59: New channel system: "mailsit.portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.59: Looking up host "mailsit.portnet.com.sg".
00:21:45.59: - found on channel l
00:21:45.59: Routelocal flag set; scanning for % and !
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 RETAINSECURITYMULTIPARTS
channel flags #4 = EIGHTBIT NOHEADERTRIM NOHEADERREAD RULES
channel flags #5 = MASTER_DEBUG SLAVE_DEBUG
channel flags #6 = LOCALUSER REPORTNOTARY
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 = portnet.com.sg portnet.com.sg
linelength = 1023
channel env addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel hdr addr type = SOURCEROUTE
channel official host = mailsit.portnet.com.sg
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
expandchannel =
notificationchannel =
dispositionchannel =
saslswitchchannel =
tlsswitchchannel =
backward channel = l
header To: address = [email protected]
header From: address = [email protected]
envelope To: address = [email protected] (route (mailsit.portnet.com.sg,mailsit.portnet.com.sg)) (host portnet.com.sg)
envelope From: address = [email protected]
name =
mbox = mailtes1
emails sent to mailtes1 using the Sun messaging 2005q4 service will be en-queued as '[email protected]' for sender and de-queued to mail store with '[email protected]' as sender.
10-Dec-2007 00:20:00.88 tcp_intranet ims-ms E 1 [email protected] rfc822;[email protected] mailtes1@ims-ms-daemon
10-Dec-2007 00:20:01.63 ims-ms D 1 [email protected] rfc822;[email protected] mailtes1@ims-ms-daemon
Physical message file will show '[email protected]' as sender.
But this time the recipient is '[email protected]'
Return-path: <[email protected]>
Received: from portnet.com.sg (pnsgsit1app2.portnet.com [10.106.65.36])
by mailsit.portnet.com.sg
(Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007))
with ESMTP id <[email protected]> for
[email protected]; Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:20:00 +0800 (SGT)
Received: from [10.106.65.101] (Forwarded-For: 10.10.140.109)
by mailsit.portnet.com.sg (mshttpd); Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:20:00 +0800
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:20:00 +0800
From: [email protected]
Subject: test mail from ims62
To: [email protected]
Message-id: <[email protected]>
MIME-version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Sun Java(tm) System Messenger Express 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)
Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-language: en
Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit
Content-disposition: inline
X-Accept-Language: en
Priority: normal
Original-recipient: rfc822;[email protected]
test
Questions:
1) How do i retain the functionality of using 1st value of the mail attribute as the address to be used?
I need the address reversing to retain '@portnet.com.sg' value.
2) I've not encountered the same problem when using ims52.
Is there a functional diffences here?

Answer 1

Hi Shane,
Thank you for the reply.
We tried adding a mailequivalentaddress attribute, eg [email protected] but the From field still have the value from the mail attribute, eg [email protected]. Do we still need to configure anything to make this to work?
Besides we tried another option by doing the following:
a. Changing the following lines in options.dat file:
REVERSE_URL=ldap:///$V?mail?sub?$Q
to
REVERSE_URL=ldap:///$V$N?sub?$R
b. We ensure that '@portnet.com.sg' is the 1st value
c. adding a 'noreverse' keyword for the 'ims-ms' channel
And it works without the need for the mailequivalentaddress, is this a proper implementation?
any implications with putting 'noreverse' for ims-ms channel?
We're now considering changing of primary address attribute used.
Need your advise on the following:
1) Please advise how go about configuring another attribute to store the primary address.
2) Can we use mailAlternateAddress as the new primary address attribute?
If a totally new attribute is needed, please advise on the requirements for the creation of this attribute to be usable by Sun Messaging 2005Q4.
This change was mentioned in the administration guide.
Chapter 9 The Direct LDAP Algorithm and Implementation
Seeding the Reversal Cache
Next the primary address and any aliases attached to the user entry are considered. This information is used to seed the address reversal cache. It plays no part in the current address translation process. First, the primary address, personal name, recipient limit, recipient cutoff, and source block limit attributes are considered. The primary address is normally stored in the �mail� attribute; another attribute can be specified by setting the LDAP_PRIMARY_ADDRESS MTA option appropriately. (The primary address reverses to itself, of course.) There is no default attribute for any of the other attributes. If you want to use them, you must specify them with the LDAP_PERSONAL_NAME, (see Vacation Autoreply Attributes) LDAP_RECIPIENTLIMIT, LDAP_RECIPIENTCUTOFF, (see Limiting Message Recipients) and LDAP_SOURCEBLOCKLIMIT (see Specifying Absolute Message Size Limits) MTA options. The corresponding domain-level recipient limit, recipient cutoff, and source block limit attributes are also considered at this point. User-level settings completely override any domain-level setting.
Next, any secondary addresses are considered and a cache entry is made for each one. There are two sorts of secondary addresses: Those that undergo address reversal and those that do not. Both must be considered in order to properly seed the address reversal cache because of the need to check for message capture requests in all cases.
Secondary addresses that undergo reversal are normally stored in the mailAlternateAddress attribute. Another attribute can be specified by setting the LDAP_ALIAS_ADDRESSES MTA option. Secondary addresses that do not undergo reversal are normally stored in the mailEquivalentAddress attribute. Another attribute can be specified with the LDAP_EQUIVALENCE_ADDRESSES MTA option.
Edited by: sheeyong on Dec 10, 2007 5:25 AM