Wietse Venema wrote: > Mari?n ?ern?: >> On 1.3.2012, at 15:35, Michael P. Demelbauer wrote: >>>> I want to send copies of e-mails sent to a user first@ to be sent to >>>> another user second@. I have the following alias: >>>> >>>> first: first, second >>>> >>>> However, if user second@ sends e-mail to first@, he receives a copy of >>>> that e-mail. How to configure postfix so that the copy is not sent? >>> >>> you should use a different name for the mailgroup, something like: >>> first_alias: first, second >> >> This is not a suitable solution for me, because it is not a mailgroup >> but real users. Imagine I want all John's e-mails to be sent to >> Mark as well: >> >> john: john, mark >> >> But when Mark sends an e-mail to John, I don't want Mark to get a >> copy of the e-mail he sent to his inbox (and it would be stupid >> if Mark would have to use a different e-mail address, e.g. john2@ >> that would be an alias to john). >> >> The solution would be: drop all e-mails where sender is john@ and >> recipient is john@. Is it possible to configure such behavior in >> Postfix? > > Take a step back. Please describe the problem (why extra copies > of mail) instead of the solution (alias feature that excludes the > sender).
I don't know how to better describe the problem. Maybe the following: John is a new junior employee in a company and Mark is a senior one. Mark wants to receive all John's e-mails as well. (But when Mark sends an e-mail to John, he doesn't want to get a copy of his own e-mail.) Marian
