On 2012-03-22 14:53, /dev/rob0 wrote: > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 12:33:26PM +0100, Claudius wrote: >> Or do I have to compile a file that has all my domains in it? > You do. In regexp/pcre you can enclose the LHS (local-part) matches > in an IF/ENDIF loop with the domains: > > if /\@(example\.com|(other|third)\.example)$/ > ... your LHS stuff ... > endif > > (Escaping of the \@ is necessary in PCRE but not POSIX RE.) > > With domain lists in SQL, this is trivial -- I have posted this > solution before, recently. Simply do the magic in a SQL query with > hardcoded values for the LHS matches. > > I do have my domain lists in SQLite, but I don't do this. I just add > postmaster/abuse aliases when adding a domain. If this is something > commonplace, you can script it. > > It looks like you are duplicating alias_maps in virtual_alias_maps. > You probably don't need all those aliases for each virtual domain. I > think the purpose of all the default aliases(5) in alias_maps was > originally to prevent Internet mail from being delivered to system > and daemon accounts. These accounts must exist in the local passwd(5) > database, but you don't want them getting mail. > > Also note that alias_maps does this perfectly for $mydestination > local(8) domains. The RHS (domain-part) is ignored. Thank you for the insight. those actually are only for virtual domains. They just alias to the local users. Using just /etc/aliases didn't do anything for the virtual domains.
I will use my mysql tables then as you suggested instead of regexp. Thanks. - Claudius
