I need to set up a virtual alias (forwarder) and a virtual mailbox on
the same domain. I'm using Postfix on Ubuntu Server 12.04. Here is my
setup:
$ cat /etc/postfix/main.cf
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
biff = no
append_dot_mydomain = no
readme_directory = no
# TLS parameters
smtpd_tls_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
smtpd_use_tls=yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtpd_scache
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
myhostname = awsBeta
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
mydestination = awsBeta, localhost.localdomain, , localhost
relayhost =
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
mailbox_size_limit = 0
recipient_delimiter = +
inet_interfaces = all
virtual_mailbox_domains = someDomain.com
virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail/vhosts
virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmailbox
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_uid_maps = static:5000
virtual_gid_maps = static:5000
virtual_alias_domains = someDomain.com
$ cat /etc/postfix/virtual
forw...@somedomain.com t...@gmail.com
$ cat /etc/postfix/vmailbox
do...@somedomain.com someDomain.com/dotan
$ sudo postmap virtual
$ sudo postmap vmailbox
$ tree /var/mail/vhosts/
/var/mail/vhosts/
└── someDomain.com
└── dotan
When mail is sent to forw...@somedomain.com it is properly forwarded
to t...@gmail.com. However, when mail is sent to do...@somedomain.com
the sending address receives a mail with this error:
Recipient address rejected: User unknown in virtual alias table
This appears in the log:
warning: do not list domain someDomain.com in BOTH
virtual_alias_domains and virtual_mailbox_domains
Of course, I cannot remove the domain from either
virtual_alias_domains or virtual_mailbox_domains because I need to use
bothe of those features. So how might one set up do...@somedomain.com
as a real mailbox (no unix account though), but forw...@somedomain.com
to forward to t...@gmail.com? I've been trolling Google for answers,
but though I thought that this would be easy, I'm stuck!
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