On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 01:13:24PM +0100, lejeczek wrote: > I begin my adventure with postfix/dovecot and have most bits > ready an up but was wondering if below is possible with postfix? > > have local users aliased to external addresses(different domain) > and postfix to deliver locally and at the same time relay to > external user a copy of the email > e.g. > > in my local aliases: > me: [email protected] > > me is a local user and [email protected] is hosted on some > external system. > > so when I internally send to [email protected] both accounts would > get the same email.
The example you showed would redirect [email protected] mail ONLY to [email protected]. > is it even possible, can you shed some light? Have you looked yet at the manual for aliases(5)? " DESCRIPTION The aliases(5) table provides a system-wide mechanism to redirect mail for local recipients. The redirections are processed by the Postfix local(8) delivery agent. [ ... ] The format of the alias database input file is as follows: o An alias definition has the form name: value1, value2, ... " You would want: me: [email protected], [email protected] See also about .forward files in the aliases(5) manual. With a .forward file a non-root user can control this forwarding. Beware the consequences of forwarding spam in this manner. The external site might block it and consider you a spammer. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
