Tom Allison wrote: > Which leads me to believe that this is slightly screwed up between > postfix and the local_recipient_map and my aliases files. > > local_recipient_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-recipients.cf > alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases > alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases > > However, I should point out that there is no 'tom' mentioned in my > aliases file. So I'm not confident that this is the problem. It > appears that the postfix-local operation is trying to query the > /etc/passwd file for the username 'tom' and not finding it. > > > to quote man local: > All delivery decisions are made using the bare recipient name > (i.e. the > address localpart), folded to lower case. See also under > ADDRESS > EXTENSION below for a few exceptions. > > ##################################################### > ## I think this is the core of the problem I'm having. How do I change the > ## delivery process from a bare recipient name? > #####################################################
how about adding an alias map that points to the database? > > And from the postfix website: > If you use the local delivery agent mailbox_transport or > fallback_transport features to receive mail for users not in > /etc/passwd, then you need to list those users under > local_recipient_maps, or you need to disable the local_recipient_maps > feature as described below. > (I'm using local_recipient_maps, this works under LMTP delivery) That's not the same. Dbmail-lmtpd will do all kinds of tricks to try deliver the message, that are done differently in postfix. Unless: postmap -q tom pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-recipients.cf returns something, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is not recognized as a local address. -- ________________________________________________________________ Paul Stevens paul at nfg.nl NET FACILITIES GROUP GPG/PGP: 1024D/11F8CD31 The Netherlands________________________________http://www.nfg.nl
