John:
> [email protected] has/is an alias of [email protected] cause a 550 result.
>
> if you look at the log extract attached Postfix accepts an email
> for "[email protected]" from gmail and eventually hands it off to Dovecot
> for final delivery using LMTP. The problem is that the address
> is wrong, I thought it should have been "rewritten" by this point,
> it should to going "[email protected]".
> Dovecot then quite correctly rejects it with a 550 code, as the
> user root does not exist. Why did the address not get rewritten?
Why should Postfix make this query in the first place?
For example, Postfix always queries virtual_alias_maps, but it
queries alias_maps only for domains that match mydestination.
Other reasons why Postfix does not query some table:
local address class:
domain name matches mydestination or inet_interfaces
recipient localpart matches alias_maps or password file
virtual mailbox class:
domain name matches virtual_mailbox_domains
recipient matches virtual_mailbox_maps
relay class:
domain name matches relay_domains
recipient matches relay_recipient_maps
virtual alias class:
domain name matches virtual_alias_domains
recipient matches virtual_alias_maps AND rewrites to different domain
Wietse
