Post aliases are implemented in the local delivery agent. To use lmtp, put your aliases in virtual_alias_maps
Postfix does not expand aliases with sendmail -bv, just reports if the address will be accepted. On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 11:47 AM Benny Pedersen via dovecot < dovecot@dovecot.org> wrote: > Nick Howitt via dovecot skrev den 2024-10-26 18:36: > > On 26/10/2024 17:22, Benny Pedersen via dovecot wrote: > >> > >> Marc via dovecot skrev den 2024-10-26 16:34: > >>>> I am pretty new to Dovecot and totally new to LMTP. I have normal > >>>> delivery working but I am struggling with aliases. In my mail queue > >>>> I am > >>>> seeing things like: > >>>> > >>>> But in my /etc/aliases, I am aliasing clamav to nick and > >>>> n...@mydomain.com is a valid mail box that can receive normal mail. > >>>> > >>>> The corresponding line in the mail log is: > >>>> > >>>> 2024-10-26T14:55:56.385500+01:00 mail-www dovecot: > >>>> lmtp(1371485): > >>>> Error: lmtp-server: conn unix:pid=1371484,uid=102 [1]: rcpt > >>>> cla...@mydomain.com: Failed to initialize user: Mail access for > >>>> users with UID 107 not permitted (see first_valid_uid in config > >>>> file, uid from userdb lookup). > >>>> > >>>> How do I get round this issue? I can drop the minimum UID to 0, but > >>>> then > >>>> all system users are deemed valid for mail which is not true. None > >>>> of > >>>> them are. > >>> > >>> I think it is more common to have your MTA postfix/sendmail do the > >>> translation to aliases, so before you deliver it to lmtp. Maybe test > >>> if your MTA is indeed sending the alias > >> > >> this log snipped above is not mta issues at all > >> > >> i will take the possible problem later when dovecot does not say > >> first_ > > > > Hi, I get: > > > > root@mail-www:~# doveconf -n | grep first_valid_ > > first_valid_uid = 1000 > > set it to 100 then, not 1000 > > 107 is lower then 1000, no ? > > > root@mail-www:~# doveconf -n | grep last_valid_ > > root@mail-www:~# > > why is last not set ? > > > > > Is this not valid? My first proper user is user 1000. All users below > > that are system users and should never receive emails as themselves and > > need to be aliased to a proper user. Or have I misunderstood. > > in that case its ok to have 1000 as first_ > > do you change uid gid in userdb ? > > > > > TBH, I would have thought postfix may have rewritten the RCPT TO before > > it sent on to LMTP but that is said without knowledge. > > > > At the same time I have received in my proper mailbox an email from > > root to clamav so I am massively puzzled. > > solve doveconf first :) > > > _______________________________________________ > > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org > _______________________________________________ > dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org > To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org > _______________________________________________ dovecot mailing list -- dovecot@dovecot.org To unsubscribe send an email to dovecot-le...@dovecot.org
