@lbutlr: > When postfix checks for a local user it looks at any local user (like = > /home/fred), I assume by checking /etc/passwd or similar (I have local = > users who can receive mail who are not mentioned in any /etc/postfix/* = > file, so postfix knows about them from somewhere outside of postfix=E2=80=99= > s config file) and then it also checks for virtual_mailbox_domains and = > virtual_alias_maps, yes?
The Postfix SMTP server always looks in virtual_alias_maps. Then, it looks in the tables that depend on the address class of the recipient domain. For that, I suggest that you look at http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_CLASSS_README.html Wietse
