Postfix Aliases table does not support user@domain aliasing?
I've switched a very old and heavily used sendmail server over to postfix for maildir support.
I'm having trouble with the aliases table which holds some 200 aliases. Some are written as:
"username: username, username, username"
whereas others are written as:
"username: email@address.org, email@address.org"
some of which are local virtually hosted domains. this worked fine with sendmail, but seems to fail with postfix. Is there a workaround?
I'm having trouble with the aliases table which holds some 200 aliases. Some are written as:
"username: username, username, username"
whereas others are written as:
"username: email@address.org, email@address.org"
some of which are local virtually hosted domains. this worked fine with sendmail, but seems to fail with postfix. Is there a workaround?
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I asked for exact error message.
Your configuration isn't very unusual - I'm using something similar on one of my servers and it works perfectly.
More than this - for testing purposes, I configured such alias, which is pointing to another addresses in some virtual domains hosted on the same mailserver - works as expected.
So - as you wrote "seems to fail with postfix" - what does it mean exactly? Post appropriate part of maillog with some errors saying that it doesn't work.
Your configuration isn't very unusual - I'm using something similar on one of my servers and it works perfectly.
More than this - for testing purposes, I configured such alias, which is pointing to another addresses in some virtual domains hosted on the same mailserver - works as expected.
So - as you wrote "seems to fail with postfix" - what does it mean exactly? Post appropriate part of maillog with some errors saying that it doesn't work.
do you have the following in main.cf ?
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
have you then run
postalias /etc/aliases
and then
postfix reload
You can also use the sendmail command 'newaliases'
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I don't have the specific error message as i've rewritten all the aliases in the format that it likes -- i couldn't go even an hour without them working.
The error message would rewrite the recipient domain. For example:
alias_to_test: user1@centos.org, user2@fedorasolved.com, user3@cnn.com
error message: 550, message undeliverable to user1@localhostname.org
550, message undeliverable to user2@localhostname.org
550, message undeliverable to user3@localhostname.org
All three domain names are included in "mydestination = /etc/postfix/hostnames"
All aliases are referenced with "alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases"
All aliases are built with "postalias hash:/etc/aliases"
Postfix has been reloaded as "/etc/init.d/postfix restart" numerous times during troubleshooting.
Thanks for your help. Sorry I'm not able to produce a more specific error message.
The error message would rewrite the recipient domain. For example:
alias_to_test: user1@centos.org, user2@fedorasolved.com, user3@cnn.com
error message: 550, message undeliverable to user1@localhostname.org
550, message undeliverable to user2@localhostname.org
550, message undeliverable to user3@localhostname.org
All three domain names are included in "mydestination = /etc/postfix/hostnames"
All aliases are referenced with "alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases"
All aliases are built with "postalias hash:/etc/aliases"
Postfix has been reloaded as "/etc/init.d/postfix restart" numerous times during troubleshooting.
Thanks for your help. Sorry I'm not able to produce a more specific error message.
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As a note explaining the error message,
A particular user on my network will have a username fitting a particular organization of first name letters and last name letters, sometimes followed by a number. Their virtusertable ("virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtuser
For example, we could make a virtusertable entry of:
rabidsportsfan@victoriasse
Then an entry in aliases to distribute it:
ridiculous_alias: charlie.long@companyname.o
Both "companyname.org" and "othercompanyhosted.com" are listed in my aforementioned "/etc/postfix/hostnames" file, and entries for charlie.long@companyname.o
Though a bit complicated to explain, i hope that clears up any questions about how/what I'm doing here.
A particular user on my network will have a username fitting a particular organization of first name letters and last name letters, sometimes followed by a number. Their virtusertable ("virtual_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtuser
For example, we could make a virtusertable entry of:
rabidsportsfan@victoriasse
Then an entry in aliases to distribute it:
ridiculous_alias: charlie.long@companyname.o
Both "companyname.org" and "othercompanyhosted.com" are listed in my aforementioned "/etc/postfix/hostnames" file, and entries for charlie.long@companyname.o
Though a bit complicated to explain, i hope that clears up any questions about how/what I'm doing here.
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ok, so if i moved them to /etc/postfix/virtual -- then aliases can write to these names?
I think so, but I haven't tried it.
I generally prefer to use the virtual table instead of aliases anyway.
The reason I do this is that I store my virtual table in a mysql database with a web interface for easy management.
I just use the aliases file in /etc to hold local system aliases such as
webmaster: root
postmaster: root
root: dave
I generally prefer to use the virtual table instead of aliases anyway.
The reason I do this is that I store my virtual table in a mysql database with a web interface for easy management.
I just use the aliases file in /etc to hold local system aliases such as
webmaster: root
postmaster: root
root: dave
For something like above, you don't need aliases at all.
You may do this in virtual:
rabidsportsfan@victoriasse
You need aliases only when you want to point some email address to command - this cannot be done with virtual.
You may do this in virtual:
rabidsportsfan@victoriasse
You need aliases only when you want to point some email address to command - this cannot be done with virtual.
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sendmail didn't support multiple recipients in a virtual table. Are you certain this is OK in postfix?
Yes I am :)
I'm using such configuration. It's described in man virtual (http://www.postfix.org/virtual.5.html).
I'm using such configuration. It's described in man virtual (http://www.postfix.org/virtual.5.html).
Almost all above posts are answers for initial question.
Hm.. as for initial question in very first jmicorp's post, correct answer is in my opinion http:#23653787
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aliasname: user.one@domainone.com, user.two@domaintwo.com
This implies an alias name is delivered to TWO domains virtually hosted on this single postfix server. Domainone and domaintwo are both MX'd to this server, however neither are the hostname's domain.
Remember that I'm using domainnames outside of the system's hostname.