On Thu, June 28, 2012 15:21, Noel Jones wrote:
> On 6/28/2012 10:54 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
>> And in virtual_aliases_maps those entries in virtual_mailbox_maps
>> need be mapped to actual delivery points that cyrus-imapd
>> recognizes:
>
> Actual user->mailbox mapping is done is cyrus. Postf
On 6/28/2012 10:54 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> Given that on the final delivery host we treat ALL of our domains,
> real and virtual, as virtual for the purposes of email;
>
> And the final delivery host is NOT listed as MX for any domain;
>
> And we are using cyrus-imap;
>
> And we take the vi
On Thu, June 28, 2012 14:48, Noel Jones wrote:
>
> One example configuration does not exclude other possible
> configurations.
>
The difficulty I face is excluding those which either do not work or
are not particularly robust. I am not conversant with the inner
working of either Postfix or Cyrus
On 6/28/2012 10:18 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
> On Thu, June 28, 2012 13:41, Noel Jones wrote:
>
>> cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1 means deliver a maximum of one
>> recipient to each "cyrus" transport defined in master.cf, which
>> pipes to the cyrus "deliver" program; there may be multiple
On Thu, June 28, 2012 13:11, Noel Jones wrote:
>
> virtual_mailbox_domains / virtual_mailbox_maps is for the typical
> "hosted" domain with recipients that may or may not be actual unix
> users and the possibility of many separate domains coexisting on the
> same server. Delivery to the mailstor
On Thu, June 28, 2012 13:41, Noel Jones wrote:
> cyrus_destination_recipient_limit=1 means deliver a maximum of one
> recipient to each "cyrus" transport defined in master.cf, which
> pipes to the cyrus "deliver" program; there may be multiple
> processes running in parallel.
>
> Apparently some
On 6/28/2012 9:14 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
> On Thu, June 28, 2012 11:05, k...@rice.edu wrote:
>
>>
>> One item to keep in mind is that if you use the local(8) for mailbox
>> delivery, you cannot use the Cyrus single-instance store functionality
>> where a message sent to multiple recipients i
On 6/28/2012 5:36 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> Thank you for your assistance. I am not concerned that the advice I
> receive is wrong. My limited experience with Postfix simply makes it
> difficult for me to grasp the entire meaning and implications of what
> I am told.
>
> Perhaps this would be
On Thu, June 28, 2012 11:05, k...@rice.edu wrote:
>
> One item to keep in mind is that if you use the local(8) for mailbox
> delivery, you cannot use the Cyrus single-instance store functionality
> where a message sent to multiple recipients is only stored once on
> the filesystem. The local agen
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 09:58:08AM -0500, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 07:00:18AM -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:
> > On Thu, June 28, 2012 06:36, James B. Byrne wrote:
> > > Perhaps this would be clearer to me if you would be so kind as
> > > to give me the canonical use cases for virtu
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 07:00:18AM -0400, James B. Byrne wrote:
> On Thu, June 28, 2012 06:36, James B. Byrne wrote:
> > Perhaps this would be clearer to me if you would be so kind as
> > to give me the canonical use cases for virtual_aliases and for
> > virtual_domains
>
> This should read "virtu
On Thu, June 28, 2012 06:36, James B. Byrne wrote:
> Perhaps this would be clearer to me if you would be so kind as to give
> me the canonical use cases for virtual_aliases and for virtual_domains
This should read "virtual_mailbox_domains"
> insofar as Postfix considers them. Why is the latter
Thank you for your assistance. I am not concerned that the advice I
receive is wrong. My limited experience with Postfix simply makes it
difficult for me to grasp the entire meaning and implications of what
I am told.
Perhaps this would be clearer to me if you would be so kind as to give
me the
On 6/27/2012 11:31 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
> On Wed, June 27, 2012 14:28, Noel Jones wrote:
>> On 6/27/2012 8:47 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>>
>>> The background is this. We are moving from a Sendmail/Cyrus-imap
>>> based system of many years to a Postfix/Cyrus-imap based email
>>> system.
>>>
On Wed, June 27, 2012 14:28, Noel Jones wrote:
> On 6/27/2012 8:47 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
>> The background is this. We are moving from a Sendmail/Cyrus-imap
>> based system of many years to a Postfix/Cyrus-imap based email
>> system.
>> During the transitions the existing Sendmail/Cyrus-im
On 6/27/2012 8:47 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> The background is this. We are moving from a Sendmail/Cyrus-imap
> based system of many years to a Postfix/Cyrus-imap based email system.
> During the transitions the existing Sendmail/Cyrus-imap service
> naturally remains active.
>
You describe a
First, I thank everyone who has been kind enough to provide me with
guidance. I appreciate it very much.
Second, I wish to recap my present situation so that any remaining
misunderstandings on my part are exposed to your observation and
comments.
The background is this. We are moving from a Sen
On 6/26/2012 12:48 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> My point of confusion at the moment is the relationship between
> /etc/postfix/virtual and /etc/aliases (or in our case
> /etc/postfix/aliases.main).
http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html
virtual_alias_maps apply to *all* addresses,
On Mon, June 25, 2012 18:47, Bill Cole wrote:
> On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:03, James B. Byrne wrote:
>
> [...]
>> The virtual_aliases map contains this:
>>
>> @example.com someuser
>>
>
> So that any address in example.com is entirely replaced with the local
> address so
On 6/26/2012 8:35 AM, James B. Byrne wrote:
> I now have this working properly for a test account. It seems to me
> now that many of my difficulties stem from trying to map Sendmail
> techniques to Postfix.
>
> I am now considering the relationship between /etc/postfix/virtual and
> /etc/postfix/
I now have this working properly for a test account. It seems to me
now that many of my difficulties stem from trying to map Sendmail
techniques to Postfix.
I am now considering the relationship between /etc/postfix/virtual and
/etc/postfix/relay_domains. To deliver email to a local mailbox wher
On 25 Jun 2012, at 14:03, James B. Byrne wrote:
[...]
The virtual_aliases map contains this:
@example.com someuser
So that any address in example.com is entirely replaced with the local
address someuser, no matter what the local part of the original address
I am trying to get this messaged delivered to cyrus-imapd via lmtp as
shown:
echo -e "Subject: Test Delivery\n\n A Test Message $(date)\n." |
sendmail -vvv someuser+deliv...@example.com
These imap directories exist:
/var/spool/imap/s/someuser/example/delivery
Both user.example and user.example
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