Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-02 Thread Wietse Venema
> Jun 1 11:00:21 thismachine postfix/local[31382]: 7668220035F: > to=, relay=local, delay=0.08, > delays=0.06/0.01/0/0, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (forwarded as 8374A20020A) > Jun 1 11:00:21 thismachine postfix/smtp[31351]: 8374A20020A: > to=, orig_to=, > relay=master...@domain.com:25, delay=0.06

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-02 Thread Sharon Stahl
Hello Everyone, Thank you for your help. It appears that the problem was my myorigin setting. When it was changed from myorigin = $mydomain to myorigin = $myhostname ..the .forward file worked as expected. If I am deluding myself that this is the answer to my problem and that I have not cau

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-02 Thread Sharon Stahl
On 06/02/2015 11:42 AM, Daniele Nicolodi wrote: On 02/06/15 22:45, Sharon Stahl wrote: My problem is that when the .forward file only has just "username", "thismachine" does not check the aliases file to see that it is the machine that keeps mail for that user. It adds @domain to the name and s

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-02 Thread Daniele Nicolodi
On 02/06/15 22:45, Sharon Stahl wrote: > My problem is that when the .forward file only has just "username", > "thismachine" does not check the aliases file to see that it is the > machine that > keeps mail for that user. It adds @domain to the name and sends it off to > our main NIS machine that

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-02 Thread Sharon Stahl
On 06/01/2015 01:27 PM, Wietse Venema wrote: Sharon Stahl: Hi Wietse, I came back to work and did a lot of testing but adding $mydomain to the mydestination definition made no difference with the .forward file only having a username causing a mail loop. Error in maillog appears to indic

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-01 Thread Wietse Venema
Sharon Stahl: > Hi Wietse, > I came back to work and did a lot of testing but adding $mydomain to > the mydestination definition made no difference with the .forward file > only having > a username causing a mail loop. Error in maillog appears to indicate You had a complaint that delivery

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-06-01 Thread Sharon Stahl
Hi Wietse, I came back to work and did a lot of testing but adding $mydomain to the mydestination definition made no difference with the .forward file only having a username causing a mail loop. Error in maillog appears to indicate Are there any other suggestions? Again setup is; /etc/al

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-27 Thread Sharon Stahl
Thanks Wietse. Sorry for being obtuse. I am home sick today so I will check that out tomorrow by adding $mydomain at end of mydestination and doing some testing. Aloha, Sharon On 5/27/2015 7:45 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Sharon Stahl: From what you wrote, the username only is getting conver

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Sharon Stahl: > From what you wrote, the username only is getting converted to > usern...@domain.com 1) domain.com is NOT LISTED in mydestination. 2) Therefore the local delivery agent does NOT DELIVER mail (and therefore DOES NOT search the aliases file) for usern...@domain.com. Wiet

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-27 Thread Sharon Stahl
On 5/27/2015 12:48 AM, Wietse Venema wrote: Wietse: A domain-less address will get @$myorigin appended. A domain is delivered locally only if is listed in $mydestination. Sharon Stahl: In the .forward file, I was expecting that the "username only" would get delivered because the aliases fil

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-27 Thread Wietse Venema
Wietse: > A domain-less address will get @$myorigin appended. A domain > is delivered locally only if is listed in $mydestination. Sharon Stahl: > In the .forward file, I was expecting that the "username only" > would get delivered because the aliases file shows that the > alias for the username i

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-26 Thread Sharon Stahl
Hi Wietse, Thank you for your response. In the .forward file, I was expecting that the "username only" would get delivered because the aliases file shows that the alias for the username is username@thatsamemachine but it appears that the mail server is not recognizing that it is the one to a

Re: need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-26 Thread Wietse Venema
Sharon Stahl: >Postfix has a much different behavior. Both "username" and "\username" > get forwarded off and then sent back (because it should have been a local > delivery) Why should this be delivered locally? A domain-less address will get @$myorigin appended. A domain is delivered local

need input on user .forward file format

2015-05-26 Thread Sharon Stahl
Since I did not hear from anyone, I am sending this email again in hopes of getting a reply, link to some site I have not found or suggestion of different maillist to try. I've spent some time searching and reading but have not convinced myself that I