This will probably sound weird - but...

Is there a _maps parameter, or other method, I can use to force an address found in my virtual_mailbox_maps to be considered non-local/virtual?

You're scratching your head asking why...well, it's simple. I'm a moron. I'm trying to setup a new mail server, and I'm doing some creative relay things that don't seem to be working correctly. I'm trying to debug the process. Since I have a valid hotmail account, I was trying to send to that account - however the log shows:

Mar 3 15:46:57 mailserver postfix/qmgr[3692]: 506AA89: from=<r...@mailserver.amfeslan.local>, size=361, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Mar 3 15:47:27 mailserver postfix/smtp[3759]: connect to mx4.hotmail.com[65.54.245.104]:25: Connection timed out Mar 3 15:47:57 mailserver postfix/smtp[3759]: connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.54.245.40]:25: Connection timed out Mar 3 15:48:27 mailserver postfix/smtp[3759]: connect to mx1.hotmail.com[65.55.37.88]:25: Connection timed out Mar 3 15:48:57 mailserver postfix/smtp[3759]: connect to mx3.hotmail.com[65.54.245.72]:25: Connection timed out Mar 3 15:49:28 mailserver postfix/smtp[3759]: connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.55.37.72]:25: Connection timed out Mar 3 15:49:28 mailserver postfix/smtp[3759]: 506AA89: to=<fireexp...@hotmail.com>, relay=none, delay=855, delays=704/0.03/151/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to mx2.hotmail.com[65.55.37.72]:25: Connection timed out)

Those timeouts don't tell me anything specific about what's broken. Since my other server talks to hotmail just fine, I'm sure it's not a hotmail problem - I'm sure it's something stupid I've done (and as I write this I can see the invalid address I'm sending from in the log). So, I want to send to a server I control so I can watch the log on that side. I'm using an LDAP lookup in the new server - the same one as my production server since I'm looking to migrate over when I'm finished. I was hoping that instead of writing some new maps to describe a limited valid set of recipients, their was a way to override the LDAP virtual lookup and tell Postfix to try to lookup the mailserver via DNS (which still points to the old server) and send it that way.

Would I do this using the transport_maps?  Something like:
   myu...@otherdomain.com   smtp:[192.168.0.72]:25
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Daniel

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