Andrzej A. Filip:
> wie...@porcupine.org (Wietse Venema) wrote:
> > Andrzej A. Filip:
> >> Is it possible to make postfix handle OS usernames with @ in them?
> >> How to do it?
> >
> > Use virtual(8) instead of local(8).
>
> Should I expect some problems selecting virtual mailer for deliveries to
> j...@example.net via transport table?
No, that would not work.
The problem is: how does the SMTP daemon know that the recipient
address is valid? This requires that:
if the domain name matches then the recipient is listed in
========================== ===============================
mydestination local_recipient_maps as username no domain
virtual_alias_domains virtual_alias_maps as username with domain
virtual_mailbox_domains virtual_mailbox_maps as username with domain
(use fixed-width font to view the above).
One way out is to list domain(s) in virtual_mailbox_domains and
recipients in virtual_mailbox_maps, then use virtual_alias_maps to
direct some system accounts to the local(8) delivery agent if
desirable:
r...@example.com root@localhost
In any case, using UNIX system account names with @ is a mistake,
and I will not put in a great deal of effort to make that easy.
Wietse
