Thank you Noel, that is exactly what I am looking for. So if I understand you correctly, once I have the virtual_alias value in place, assuming I can configure my mail client with an alternate address, matching the value of "virtual_alias" in my Postfix, the Postfix MTA will relay the mail for me, is that correct? Thanks for the prompt reply, Dov
> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:17:51 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > postfix-users@postfix.org> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: E-mail > "alias"> > 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
