I am close to getting the always_bcc option working. I created an alias in the mysql alias table that has 'autoreply' mapped to '| /path/to/myscript'. I setup always_bcc to send messages to 'autoreply'. In the /var/log/maillog I can see that postfix is attempting to cc the message to my alias but rather than executing the command it is making an address of the form:
"| /path/to/myscr...@mydomain.com" and then trying to send it on. I have looked at content filters and started to look at writing a custom MDA per http://blog.josephhall.com/2009/12/create-custom-mda-with-postfix-and-perl.html but I really want this always_bcc solution to work. Does anyone know how to make postfix execute the command rather than treat it as an address? I have seen examples that had "| /path/to/command" and it looked like it was supposed to just work but those examples weren't using mysql to store the account info. Thanks in advance. -John Watson. On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:15 PM, mouss <mo...@ml.netoyen.net> wrote: > Le 20/10/2010 21:04, John Watson a écrit : > > >> Hello, >> >> I am using postfix in conjunction with squirrelmail to build a business >> application. One of the requirements that I have is that when an email is >> received in one of the postfix mail boxes an alert is generated. In our case >> we will be sending a standard message to another email but in general we >> might want to run arbitrary code when messages are received by postfix. >> >> It seems that some of the work that has been done with virus scanners >> uses a server hook to examine all the messages that pass through the server. >> Can anyone tell me what that is called or provide a pointer to more detail >> and is this the best way to solve a problem like this? >> >> >> > you can do that > - in your MDA (dovecot, maildrop, ...). > - by specifying a script as an MDA for those mailboxes that you want... > > I personally prefer the "run the action later". > - keep delivery as it is > - have a script that does pop3 (or imap) periodically. this script can do > anything you want > > the advantage is that > - bugs in your script won't cause trouble to your delivery > - if you're under heavy mail stream, you don't add yet more load on your > server > > > > > >
