O.k., I figured it out. I think. Problem wasn't with the MUA, or postfix (which I knew), or the configuration. It was with me (who would have thought?). Apparently what I am seeing is normal for MTA's and aliases. At least, it works the same for sendmail and postfix. I hadn't realized that. I assumed I had configured something wrong.
Thanks for all your help! brian On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 6:00 PM, mouss <mo...@ml.netoyen.net> wrote: > Le 22/09/2010 14:40, Brian Pribis a écrit : >> >> Victor, >> >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Victor Duchovni >> <victor.ducho...@morganstanley.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 08:36:49AM -0400, Brian Pribis wrote: >>> >>> complain to the provider of your MUA. >>> >>> In any case, this thread is closed, the issue has >>> NOTHING to do with Postfix. You can explore the semantics of your MUA >>> in another forum. >>> >> >> Seriously? You are suggesting I contact gmail, mozilla and the >> creators of the mail program on my freebsd machine? > > Brian, with all due respect, you're being too aggressive. let's try to start > again: > > - aliases and virtual aliases only change the _envelope_ recipient. This has > no influence on headers. if you believe it doesn't work that way for you, > please show evidence. > > - the reply button should use the Reply-To: header if present, and the From: > header if not. if you think it doesn't work that way for you, then please > show evidence. > > - your original post says "When the email arrives in my mail client it > arrives with t...@virtual_domain.com in the CC field. ..." if it's so, then > this has nothing to do with virtual aliases. once again, virtual aliases do > not change headers. > > - just in case you don't, you must understand the difference between the > envelope (which is used for routing) and headers (which are part of the > message). > >> [snip] > >
