On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 09:58:10AM -0500, Jamie Lagarde wrote:
> I need to apply a regex rule to inbound mail to route some of the mail
> to a different local mailbox. I need to do this while still
> maintaining the existing "standard" /etc/aliases file. I can't seem
> to get postfix to use both alias files. Is this even possible?
Yes it is possible.
> In main.cf I have it currently setup like this and it doesn't work.
>
> alias_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/aliases
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
The correct syntax is:
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/aliases, ${alias_database}
The "alias_database" parameter specifies which tables are rebuilt
by the newaliases (aka sendmail -bi) command. The "alias_maps"
command specifies which tables are used in lookups.
http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#alias_database
http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#alias_maps
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Viktor.
