On 1/31/2017 4:45 AM, Tim Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m trying to create a “nobody@“ email address for outbound-only
> transaction confirmations that will /dev/null any attempts to email
> it.
>
> In my main.cf on the inbound mail gateway I have:
> relay_recipient_maps = ${indexed}XYZ_relay_recipients
>
> And in the map file I have :
> [email protected] DISCARD
>
> Make tables, reload etc. but then it doesn’t seem to work ?
>
> <[email protected]>: Recipient address rejected: User unknown in
> virtual mailbox table (in reply to RCPT TO command)
>
>
> Perhaps I’m mis-interpreting the purpose of relay_recipient_maps ? If
> so, what should I be using instead ? Bear in mind that as mentioned
> above, this is a mail gateway, mails are not stored locally on these
> machines but forwarded on to internal ones.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Tim
>
The relay_recipient_maps table is for listing valid recipients in
relay_domains.
Discard that recipient's mail with a transport map entry
# transport
[email protected] discard:
You may also need to add that user to your virtual mailbox table so
it will be accepted as a valid user.
-- Noel Jones
