Guy wrote: > Is there any documentation that describes the mail flow for different > messages (real address at local domain, non-existant address at local > domain and remote address) when using /usr/sbin/sendmail to send them? > I'd like to know what parts of Postfix it actually uses and which > parts it bypasses. >
Messages from sendmail(1) command enter via pickup. A good flow diagram can be seen here: http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html#overview There is generally no verification of addresses using this method. > Could someone also tell me whether virtual_transport_maps are > completely ignored if I have transport_maps set or whether > transport_maps overrides virtual_transport_maps only if it gets a > match? > Never heard of virtual_transport_maps: grkni...@mx1 ~ $ /usr/sbin/postconf virtual_transport_maps /usr/sbin/postconf: warning: virtual_transport_maps: unknown parameter
