On 4/21/2013 10:50 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote:
> On 04/19/2013 03:17 PM, awingnut wrote:
>> On 4/19/2013 8:30 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>> Am 19.04.2013 14:25, schrieb awingnut:
>>>> I have a series of user names that need to be relayed through a server
>>>> other then the default. It is not clear from the documentation if wild
>>>> cards are allowed but it appears they are not
>>> no and wildchars in case of mail are generally a bad idea
>>>
>>>> If that is true then I need to list each one individually.
>>>> However, I am also using generic mapping and again it is not
>>>> explained in the documentation which address needs to be in the
>>>> relay maps file, the local address vs. the translated
>>>> address. Can some please clarify? Thanks.
>>> what additional mapping?
>>>
>>> we are using "sender_dependent_relayhost_maps" to allow specific
>>> senders which are not hosted on our server and rely them to
>>> the customers MTA with the users login/password without
>>> rewrite anything
>>>
>> Thanks for the reply. I kind of figured wildcards were out.
>>
>> As to what other mapping, I'm talking about smpt_generic_maps. If the
>> local user name is xyz...@mydomain.com and it is mapped to
>> 123...@somedomain.com, which goes into the relayhosts file?
>>
>
> smtp_generic_maps is consulted by the postfix smtp(8) program, when
> sending mail out.
> sender_dependent_relayhost_maps is consulted when incoming mail is
> queued.
>
> Ergo, you should match the original sender.
>
> For an overview of the postfix mail system, see:
> http://www.postfix.org/OVERVIEW.html
>
Thanks. I think I understand what you are saying but your terminology is
a bit confusing. By incoming mail, I assume you mean incoming to the
smpt process as opposed incoming mail for local delivery. This is all
outgoing mail in that context.
