2011/4/15 Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org>: > On 4/15/2011 5:47 AM, Timo Veith wrote: >> >> Hi postfix users, >> >> I think I don't understand the ADDRESS_REWRITING_README in the >> "virtual" section where it says: >> >> "Addresses found in virtual alias maps are subjected to >> another iteration of virtual aliasing, but are not subjected >> to canonical mapping, in order to avoid loops." >> >> Let's say in main.cf <http://main.cf> has: >> virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/posftix/virtual >> >> and /etc/posftix/virtual has: >> u...@example.com <mailto:u...@example.com> u...@example.com >> <mailto:u...@example.com> >> >> What happens here? > > [please post in plain text next time] > > There is no loop here. Postfix stops looking when the result is the same as > the key. > > This is referred to as an "identity mapping" and sometimes intentionally > used to prevent an address from being rewritten by eg. a wildcard rewrite > rule. > > > -- Noel Jones >
Hello Noel, thank you for your reply and sorry to all for the HTML stuff! Kind regards, Timo
