Wietse Venema via Postfix-users: > Andrew Bernard via Postfix-users: > > I am having difficulty understanding VERP replies. The context is that > > we use Discourse to send mail using a local Postfix server. But failed > > deliveries are supposed to go to VERP addressess starting with replies+ > > and Postfix says that is an unknown address. > > > > Example list reply address: > > > > replies+verp-b816eb293c1dba41c9baae5b3597b783@jackrail.space > > Assuming that Discourse processes bounce messages, this should be > very similar to the way that Discourse receives postings and > subscription requests. > > To receive mail for 'replies' you need to add a user or alias or > relay_recipient_maps entry with the name 'replies', and specify how > to route that that to Discourse. > > If you need concrete suggestions, then you need to provide concrete > information. See https://www.postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#mail. > > > Are there are tutorials on VERP in the context of such mailing lists? I > > Perpahs a search engine can find that for you.
Speaking of which, a search for ``postfix Discourse bounce'' shows that you have been here before: https://meta.discourse.org/t/still-not-able-to-receive-bounce-notifications/326537 Solved by Andrew Bernard in post #2 Aha. I changed 'replies' to the [something] user name in the VERP regex, and voila! Success. Sorry for the noise but I hope this topic may be useful to others in the future. Wietse > > confess I find the VERP Howto page on the Postfix website very hard to > > understand. > > Insufficient data. > > Wietse > _______________________________________________ > Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org > To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org > _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
