Juerg Reimann via Postfix-users: > Hello group > > I'm a bit puzzled here. I usually create new users first for > Dovecot, then add to the configuration of Postfix the path to the > relative maildir in virtual_mailbox_maps (the domain and other > users for that virtual domain already exist). Now I forgot the > last part for a couple of users I created recently, but still it > seems everything is working fine. One new user that did not open > his mail account so far got an email delivered just fine an Dovecot > created all the mailbox file structure. > > How did Postfix find where to deliver the mail if there was no > path for that user in virtual_mailbox_maps? > > If, as it seems, Postfix can construct the path by virtual_mailbox_domains > (and maybe other variables), is there any reason why it would be > better to still have virtual_mailbox_maps (maybe security wise)?
The Postfix SMTP server needs to know what email addresses are ralid. Even if Postfix no longer uses the virtual_mailbox_maps lookup result value for email delibvery, the lokup KEY is still be needed. You could use 'reject_unverified_recipient' to avoid explicit enumeration of every valid user. For details, see https://doc.dovecot.org/configuration_manual/howto/postfix_dovecot_lmtp/ Wietse _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
