On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:20 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > D G Teed a écrit : > > I'd like to see an example of a set up where we could use relay_domains > > and provide the flexibility of sending to any of our inbox servers > > within our domain, or forwarding a particular addresses email > > to an outside email address like gmail.com <http://gmail.com> > > > > it doesn't take more than: > > relay_domains = hash:/etc/postfix/relay_domains > relay_recipient_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/relay_recipients > > if you want to forward, simply add entries to vritual_alias_maps. > > or do you confuse virtual_alias_maps and virtual_alias_domains? These > are completely different concepts. >
I've read docs like this. It does not make it clear. What is inside the file /etc/postfix/relay_domains ? Part of the ambiguity in this stuff is what is meant by "domain". Sometimes it is a FQ hostname. On the contrary, I feel that anyone who cannot understand documentation may be well qualified to point out its faults. Postfix docs are organized like a series of wikipedia pages. In the Address Class Readme, I count 31 blue links on key words within the section of the page on my screen. Those links may be more helpful than not being there, but I feel the documentation leans on those as a crutch too often. The links are used as a substitute for explanation, but the target link does not place a concrete meaning on the context from which it came. Rather than work like footnotes, these links are disassociated, taking the reader away from the original context. It is a dizzy read. The wikipedia method gets in the way of seeing the cohesive picture of how the pieces of configuration can work together. It may work well as a piece of reference material, but it isn't the same as documentation. When I can't understand the developer's notes, I usually emulate something that works from useful examples. For my needs, I see no working examples of combining virtual mailbox domains and relay domains which includes samples of the files outside main.cf - what is inside the files which are referenced.
