On 2013-06-22 Sat 16:26 PM |, Viktor Dukhovni wrote: > > Use virtual(5) for ALL address -> address mappings, with only > addresses that represent final mailboxes listed as account@localhost. > > The aliases(5) file is a Sendmail compatibility feature, whose > features are best remapped onto virtual(5) (address to address > mappings controlled by the administrator) and .forward files (own > address to address or command mappings possibly controlled by shell > users). >
Thanks winning team (& Dr. Seuss too) for the quality education. I'm about getting it now. This set up works:- $ uname -a OpenBSD server1.example.com 5.3 GENERIC#50 i386 $ pkg_info | fgrep postfix postfix-2.9.6 fast, secure sendmail replacement main.cf: myorigin = $mydomain # example.com mydestination = localhost, localhost.$mydomain virtual_alias_domains = example.com virtual_alias_maps = btree:$config_directory/virtual_alias_maps.map sender_canonical_maps = btree:$config_directory/canonical.map masquerade_domains = $virtual_alias_domains remote_header_rewrite_domain = address.invalid alias_database = btree:$config_directory/aliases alias_maps = $alias_database local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname $alias_maps mail_spool_directory = /var/mail/ mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp .... ... canonical.map: jb4356 joe.blo...@example.com jb8921 jane.blos...@example.com ... ... aliases: [empty] virtual_alias_maps.map: # example.com: ($myorigin) # Re-mapped from aliases(5): # Are they all needed these days??? postmaster postmaster@localhost abuse postmas...@example.com root admin-acct@localhost MAILER-DAEMON postmas...@example.com bin r...@example.com daemon r...@example.com named hostmas...@example.com nobody r...@example.com uucp r...@example.com www r...@example.com ftp-bugs r...@example.com _postfix postmas...@example.com manager r...@example.com dumper r...@example.com operator r...@example.com decode r...@example.com # Domain generic aliases: hostmaster hostmaster@localhost webmaster supp...@example.com sales acct145@localhost info supp...@example.com support acct267@localhost ... ... # People: joe.blo...@example.com jb4356@localhost jane.blos...@example.com jb8921@localhost > > Use aliases(5) sparingly, only for "|command" aliases (try to avoid > these anyway) or ":include:" lists. > However, aliases seems to be totally ignored. When I move these from virtual_alias_maps back to aliases, mail to those convential aliases bounces: aliases: root: admin-acct MAILER-DAEMON: postmaster bin: root daemon: root named: hostmaster nobody: root uucp: root www: root ftp-bugs: root _postfix: postmaster manager: root dumper: root operator: root $ uptime | mail -s uptime root Jun 24 14:37:25 server1 postfix/pickup[29745]: C15E367DC: uid=7432 from=<admin-acct> Jun 24 14:37:25 server1 postfix/cleanup[20891]: C15E367DC: message-id=<20130624133725.c15e36...@server1.example.com> Jun 24 14:37:25 server1 postfix/qmgr[32379]: C15E367DC: from=<server.ad...@example.com>, size=389, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 24 14:37:25 server1 postfix/error[22953]: C15E367DC: to=<r...@example.com>, orig_to=<root>, relay=none, delay=0.26, delays=0.14/0.06/0/0.06, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (User unknown in virtual alias table) $ uptime | mail -s uptime daemon Jun 24 14:39:16 server1 postfix/pickup[29745]: 19E5467B3: uid=7432 from=<admin-acct> Jun 24 14:39:16 server1 postfix/cleanup[19700]: 19E5467B3: message-id=<20130624133916.19e546...@server1.example.com> Jun 24 14:39:16 server1 postfix/qmgr[32379]: 19E5467B3: from=<server.ad...@example.com>, size=391, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 24 14:39:16 server1 postfix/error[8530]: 19E5467B3: to=<dae...@example.com>, orig_to=<daemon>, relay=none, delay=0.2, delays=0.09/0.06/0/0.06, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (User unknown in virtual alias table) $ uptime | mail -s uptime MAILER-DAEMON Jun 24 14:40:24 server1 postfix/pickup[29745]: 7742967B3: uid=7432 from=<admin-acct> Jun 24 14:40:24 server1 postfix/cleanup[19700]: 7742967B3: message-id=<20130624134024.774296...@server1.example.com> Jun 24 14:40:24 server1 postfix/qmgr[32379]: 7742967B3: from=<server.ad...@example.com>, size=398, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 24 14:40:24 server1 postfix/error[8530]: 7742967B3: to=<mailer-dae...@example.com>, orig_to=<MAILER-DAEMON>, relay=none, delay=0.03, delays=0.02/0/0/0.01, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (User unknown in virtual alias table) $ uptime | mail -s uptime operator Jun 24 14:41:41 server1 postfix/pickup[29745]: 4A05A67B3: uid=7432 from=<admin-acct> Jun 24 14:41:41 server1 postfix/cleanup[19700]: 4A05A67B3: message-id=<20130624134141.4a05a6...@server1.example.com> Jun 24 14:41:41 server1 postfix/qmgr[32379]: 4A05A67B3: from=<server.ad...@example.com>, size=393, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 24 14:41:41 server1 postfix/error[8530]: 4A05A67B3: to=<opera...@example.com>, orig_to=<operator>, relay=none, delay=0.03, delays=0.02/0/0/0.01, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (User unknown in virtual alias table) $ uptime | mail -s uptime _postfix Jun 24 14:43:27 server1 postfix/pickup[29745]: 826A667B3: uid=7432 from=<admin-acct> Jun 24 14:43:27 server1 postfix/cleanup[30977]: 826A667B3: message-id=<20130624134327.826a66...@server1.example.com> Jun 24 14:43:27 server1 postfix/qmgr[32379]: 826A667B3: from=<server.ad...@example.com>, size=393, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 24 14:43:27 server1 postfix/error[16641]: 826A667B3: to=<_post...@example.com>, orig_to=<_postfix>, relay=none, delay=0.26, delays=0.14/0.06/0/0.06, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (User unknown in virtual alias table) Compared to successful delivery for virtually alias mapped unix accounts: $ uptime | mail -s uptime hostmaster Jun 24 14:53:27 server1 postfix/pickup[14701]: BF21667DC: uid=7432 from=<admin-acct> Jun 24 14:53:27 server1 postfix/cleanup[11746]: BF21667DC: message-id=<20130624135327.bf2166...@server1.example.com> Jun 24 14:53:27 server1 postfix/qmgr[26563]: BF21667DC: from=<server.ad...@example.com>, size=395, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Jun 24 14:53:28 server1 dovecot: lmtp(14149): Connect from local Jun 24 14:53:28 server1 dovecot: lmtp(14149, hostmaster): Uv/0AVhPyFFFNwAANm01jw: msgid=<20130624135327.bf2166...@server1.example.com>: saved mail to INBOX Jun 24 14:53:28 server1 postfix/lmtp[30842]: BF21667DC: to=<hostmas...@localhost.example.com>, orig_to=<hostmaster>, relay=server1.example.com[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.46, delays=0.15/0.06/0.12/0.12, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 <hostmas...@localhost.example.com> Uv/0AVhPyFFFNwAANm01jw Saved) Jun 24 14:53:28 server1 dovecot: lmtp(14149): Disconnect from local: Client quit (in reset) Jun 24 14:53:28 server1 postfix/qmgr[26563]: BF21667DC: removed >From what I'm still seeing, aliases is not referenced when the machine's domain name is virtual. Is this significant? Cheers men, -- Craig Skinner | http://twitter.com/Craig_Skinner | http://linkd.in/yGqkv7
