Jan Johansson:
> Let's say that for various reasons a system ends up having two
> identical entries in transport maps.

By definition you can't have that in a hashed file, *SQL database,
or LDAP. Other Postfix lookup tables such as regexp or pcre will
return the first match, as documented.

        Wietse

> Is there a fixed logic as to which takes precedence?
> 
> As an example (I entered my own address instead of the address in question):
> j...@mupp.net                     smtp:mail.kontinuitet.com
> j...@mupp.net                     smtp:haven.skyddsrummet.net
> 
> Right now it _appears_ as the second choice is the one used, is that 
> something that can be taken for granted? I have gotten the impression that 
> transports are evaluated until the first match?
> 
> Naturally the correct solution is to stop the backend system from having 
> duplicated data, and that will be the case eventually. But for the moment 
> that is just how things are.

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