Scott Fitzhugh:
> Wietse - Like my original email said, I am new to postfix, so I have no
> idea how to even start something like that.
I suggest you pull the addresses from some table (they are already
in the computer, after all) and run them through a script (Perl,
AWK, Basic, PHP, whatever).
If you manage a computer system but don't automate the job, then
you work too hard, and you make too many mistakes.
Wietse
> Daniel - I guess table-driven. Not sure how else to proceed.
>
> Thanks,
> Scott
>
> >Daniel Bromberg <dan...@basezen.com>
> >
> >Scott,
> >Are you fully table-driven? How about some SQL magic to build the
> >aliasing value dynamically, instead of a flat file?
> >
> >-Daniel
>
> >>> Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> 2/16/2011 11:46 AM >>>
> >This is not documented well. You can do @domain1->@domain2
> >but not @domain1->@domain2, @domain3.
> >
> >In reality, you should not use @domain wild-cards and just write
> >a script to create those 6000 table entries for the old domain.
> >Let the computer do the work for you, it already has the data.
> >
> > Wietse
> >
>
> >Scott Fitzhugh:
> > Thanks a lot Noel - I seem to be on the right track with this, but
> am
> > having a problem.
> >
> > I have set up my system as you described, but with one change. I
> set
> > up the virtual_alias file with the line: "@pisd.edu
> > @oldpisd.edu,@newpisd.edu" rather than every email address - I have
> a
> > dynamic userlist of over 6000 users!
> >
> > When I send an email to a "@pisd.edu" address, it changes the
> > @oldpisd.edu address correctly, but the @newpisd.edu address is
> missing
> > the username. For example, if a mail is sent to b...@pisd.edu, one
> email
> > is generated & sent to b...@oldpisd.edu, but the 2nd email is
> generated
> > to go to "@newpisd.edu" (no username), which then bounces because no
> > such user exists.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Scott Fitzhugh
> > Plano ISD
>
> > >>> Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> 2/14/2011 8:59 AM >>>
> > To delivery mail to two locations, you need two recipients.
> > In postfix, you can do this with virtual_alias_maps.
> >
> > You'll need a list of valid recipients.
> >
> > # main.cf
> > relay_domains = example.com
> > virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual_alias
> > transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
> > smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic
> >
> >
> > # virtual_alias
> > o...@example.com o...@old.example.com o...@new.example.com
> > t...@example.com t...@old.example.com t...@new.example.com
> > ... all users listed ...
> >
> >
> > # transport
> > old.example.com relay:[ip.of.old.server]
> > new.example.com relay:[ip.of.new.server]
> >
> >
> > # generic
> > @old.example.com @example.com
> > @new.example.com @example.com
> >
> >
> > http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Noel Jones
>
> > On 2/14/2011 8:39 AM, Scott Fitzhugh wrote:
> > > I am new to Postfix and am wondering something about Postfix.
> > >
> > > Currently, all our email comes into 2 Proofpoint appliances.
> Email
> > > that passes through goes straight to the Groupwise Internet Agent
> > > (GWIA), which distributes the email where it needs to go within
> our
> > > email system.
> > >
> > > We are switching to a cloud email system. In the transition
> period,
> > > we'd like all email to go to both places, but not forwarded.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to use Postfix in the middle somewhere to send
> email
> > to
> > > two different locations?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Scott Fitzhugh
>
>
