Well, I got impatient and decided to try this approach. And it works!
-- hippo...@gmail.com Take a hippopotamus to lunch today. On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 2:43 PM Hippo Man <hippo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using dovecot 2.3.18 with a fairly recent version of postfix > on my Debian-11 box. > > I have a question, and I'm not sure whether it pertains to > dovecot, postfix, or both. I'm asking first here, but I'm glad > to go to a postfix forum if it turns out that my question > doesn't pertain to dovecot. > > On my server, account management in both dovecot and > postfix is managed by the same mysql database, and postfix > is configured to use dovecot's authentication mechanism. > > I have an email address which I do not want to be seen as > one which can be accessed for imap nor pop3. However, I > want to receive email to that address, and I, myself, still do > want to be able to use imap or pop3 in order to access > email that is sent to that address. > > I have something I want to try in order to accomplish this, but > before I do, I want to make sure that no one can see any issues > or "gotchas" with the following approach, or perhaps that there > is an easier, more straightforward way to accomplish what I want > to do: > > Assume the email address in question is "myem...@domain.com", > and assume that I own and manage the "domain.com" domain. > > (1) Create another email address called "ot...@domain.com", > and set it up with the same configuration as is currently set up > for "myem...@domain.com" > > (2) In all my email clients, set the outgoing mail address and > reply-to address for "ot...@domain.com" to be "myem...@domain.com". > This way, all outgoing email from "ot...@domain.com" will look > like it is being sent from "myem...@domain.com". > > (3) Change "myemail.com" (in the database used by dovecot > and postfix) from being a bona-fide email address into > becoming simply a forwarding email alias for "ot...@domain.com". > > (4) In all my email clients, change the inbox that I previously used > for "myem...@domain.com" to now be associated with > "ot...@domain.com". > > So ... if anyone sends email to "myem...@domain.com", it will > automatically go to the "ot...@domain.com" inbox. And when I reply > to those emails, the sender and reply-to addresses will still be > "myem...@domain.com". > > And now, dovecot will no longer see "myem...@domain.com" as a > mailbox from which email can be retrieved. And I will still be able to > retrieve that email via imap or pop3 from the "ot...@domain.com" > account. > > Do you folks think this will work? And again, is there perhaps a > simpler way to accomplish this? > > Thank you in advance for any thoughts and suggestions. > > -- > hippo...@gmail.com > Take a hippopotamus to lunch today. >
