For a while, for Fedora at least, /etc/postfix/aliases was the default location - or there was a link to /etc/aliases in /etc/postfix (or vice versa!). However, it returned to /etc/aliases some time ago. Presumably, some distros still put it in /etc/postfix and others in /etc?
Thank you for all the suggestions, Wietse's link fixed it for me. I'd had a fiddle with virtual, but hadn't stumbled on that particular pair! Best Wishes On Tue, 2009-11-17 at 20:13 -0700, LuKreme wrote: > On 17-Nov-2009, at 19:53, /dev/rob0 wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 07:26:34PM -0700, LuKreme wrote: > >> On 17-Nov-2009, at 15:56, Nicholas Robinson wrote: > >>> I altered the entry in /etc/aliases to > >> > >> /etc/postfix/aliases > > > > Why do you suggest this? Typically the default value is: > > "alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, nis:mail.aliases" > > Erm… Typical for whom? > > My aliases has always been at /etc/postfix/aliases >
