On 2009-11-17 LuKreme wrote: > On 17-Nov-2009, at 20:58, Sahil Tandon wrote: >> On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, LuKreme wrote: >>> My aliases has always been at /etc/postfix/aliases >> >> Now *that* is atypical. > > No, it's really not. Anyone who's been using postfix for a while is > quite likely to have their alias file in the postfix folder.
I have been using Postfix for a couple years now, and I don't. > That was certainly the default setting when I first setup postfix in > ??? 1999? 2000? because I distinctly recall it biting me in the ass at > the time. > > Here's a How-To from about 2003? specifically showing > /etc/postfix/aliases as the preferred and default setting. > > <http://www.hmug.org/UnixHowTos/index.php?postfix> > > Postfix keeps its version in /etc/postfix/aliases. It's neither preferred, nor default, for Postfix on both Debian GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. r...@iridium:~ # postconf -d | grep ^alias_maps alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases, nis:mail.aliases r...@iridium:~ # _ Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches becoming available." --Jason Coombs on Bugtraq
