Matus UHLAR - fantomas via Postfix-users: > On 05.05.23 11:52, Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users wrote: > >While Wietse has his word processor open, I'd like to share a few of > >my greatest misdirects in my evolving understanding of Postfix. > > > >To quote a like minded individual > > > >I simply want to help others avoid my points of confusion, in the belief I > >am not a uniquirely incapable or unintelligent reader. > > > >1) virtual_alias_maps is not only applied to virtual_alias_domains, > >but to _all_ domains that Pf receives mail for. > >http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_CLASS_README.html is very misleading in > >this respect. I really wish I had understood this earlier, it would > >have saved a lot of time. > > I had this problem too and I think that explicitly stating something like:
The problem is that this information exists in some places but not all places where aliasling is discussed. New text for postconf(5): virtual_alias_maps (default: $virtual_maps) Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply for all email deliveries, unlike alias_maps that apply only for local(8) delivery. [...] alias_maps (default: see "postconf -d" output) Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply only for local(8) delivery, unlike virtual_alias_maps which apply for all email deliveries. [...] New text for ADDRESS_CLASS_README: Virtual aliasing Note: virtual aliasing (virtual_alias_maps) applies for all email deliveries, unlike local aliasing (alias_maps) which applies only to local(8) delivery. Local alias database Note: local aliasing (alias_maps) applies only for local(8) delivery, unlike virtual aliasing (virtual_alias_maps) which applies for all email deliveries. Are there any other placs that need to bve updated? Wietse _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org