Dov Oxenberg wrote:
Hello,
Please forgive the stupid question but I have done my due diligence and
was unable to locate a definitive answer in the Postfix FAQ,
Documentation, or How To.
Basically what I want to do seems simple enough I am just not sure how
to go about it. Currently I run a Mailman mailing list using Postfix as
the MTA and all mail is getting sent to the subscribers.
Outside of the mailing list, I want to create an e-mail alias such as
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> where example.com is my
qualified Internet Domain name (same as the Domain name used for the
Mailman mailing list), and have that forwarded to either this Hotmail
account or my BellSouth e-mail box.
Where would I create this e-mail address and how do I tell Postfix to
send the mail to my legitimate mailbox?
A virtual_alias_maps entry should do what you want. Note that
example.com does *not* need to be defined in
virtual_alias_domains (but OK if it is for other purposes).
# virtual_alias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Secondly, would it be possible to compose a message from my legitimate
e-mail account and use my Postfix as a sort of relay, where Postfix
would accept my message, then make it appear as though it were coming
from [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and send it to its
intended recipient? What I mean is, at the final intended destination
of the message, I would like the e-mail to appear as though it was from
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> as opposed to my real
e-mail address.
Thanks!
Dov
It's generally better to configure your mail client to set the
sender address to what you need.
You can use smtp_generic_maps to rewrite some address to some
other specific address.
http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html#generic
If what you are wanting to do is send mail through your
hotmail account and have it appear as if it comes from
example.com, that depends on what hotmail allows. Gmail, for
example, allows you to set an alternate sender address once
you prove you control that alternate address - but this has
nothing to do with postfix or your local server.
--
Noel Jones
