Joselito wrote:

> I'm moving an existing domain to virtual mailboxes.  All the info is
> stored in a mysql database.  Currently all devlivery and alias mapping
> is working correctly; I'm using virtual_mailbox_maps,
> virtual_alias_maps and virtual_mailbox_domains stored in the sql
> backend.
>
> Problem is that aliases that pipe to a command and aren't delivered  
> anywhere
> - this is most common for mailing list software like mailman and
> smartlist.  Dropping the piped command into the destination side of an
> alias map results in a bounce mail, and the logs show an unknown user
> error.  The current workaround that I'm using is to alias to another
> alias in /etc/aliases (obviously a flat file, not an sql backend) which
> is aliased to the pipe.

You cannot pipe to programs from virtual alias maps; use local aliases
as you currently do, or route to an address that resolves (via
transport_maps) to a pipe transport.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net>

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