[pfx] Re: [ext] Why can't I get /etc/aliases to do anything?
On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 04:45:49PM +, Chris Green via Postfix-users wrote: > On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 05:41:11PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users > wrote: > > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > > > > mydestination = > > > > no mail is delivered locally. Thus "/etc/aliases" doesn't get to do > > anything > > > Ah, that explains it. > > So what's the minimal way of doing this? https://www.postfix.org/MULTI_INSTANCE_README.html#split https://www.postfix.org/MULTI_INSTANCE_README.html#quick -- Viktor. ___ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
[pfx] Re: [ext] Why can't I get /etc/aliases to do anything?
On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 11:53:24AM -0500, Wietse Venema via Postfix-users wrote: > Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users: > > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 05:41:11PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt via > > > Postfix-users wrote: > > > > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > > > > > > > > mydestination = > > > > > > > > no mail is delivered locally. Thus "/etc/aliases" doesn't get to do > > > > anything > > > > > > > Ah, that explains it. > > > > > > So what's the minimal way of doing this? > > > > > > I don't want to deliver any mail locally but I do want something like > > > /etc/aliases to redirect mail sent to root (i.e. errors) to me off site. > > > > I'd say: > > leave mydestination at the default (delete the line from main.cf) > > then it should work. > > If you want to alias off-host delivery, use virtual_alias_maps. > > user@example other-u...@example.com > > Note this file has different syntax than /etc/aliases (no colon). > Thank you Wietse, that would seem to be a sensible way to handle it. -- Chris Green ___ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
[pfx] Re: [ext] Why can't I get /etc/aliases to do anything?
Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users: > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 05:41:11PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt via > > Postfix-users wrote: > > > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > > > > > > mydestination = > > > > > > no mail is delivered locally. Thus "/etc/aliases" doesn't get to do > > > anything > > > > > Ah, that explains it. > > > > So what's the minimal way of doing this? > > > > I don't want to deliver any mail locally but I do want something like > > /etc/aliases to redirect mail sent to root (i.e. errors) to me off site. > > I'd say: > leave mydestination at the default (delete the line from main.cf) > then it should work. If you want to alias off-host delivery, use virtual_alias_maps. user@exampleother-u...@example.com Note this file has different syntax than /etc/aliases (no colon). Wietse ___ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
[pfx] Re: [ext] Why can't I get /etc/aliases to do anything?
* Chris Green via Postfix-users : > On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 05:41:11PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users > wrote: > > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > > > > mydestination = > > > > no mail is delivered locally. Thus "/etc/aliases" doesn't get to do > > anything > > > Ah, that explains it. > > So what's the minimal way of doing this? > > I don't want to deliver any mail locally but I do want something like > /etc/aliases to redirect mail sent to root (i.e. errors) to me off site. I'd say: leave mydestination at the default (delete the line from main.cf) then it should work. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netz | Netzwerk-Administration Invalidenstraße 120/121 | D-10115 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | https://www.charite.de ___ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
[pfx] Re: [ext] Why can't I get /etc/aliases to do anything?
On Tue, Dec 05, 2023 at 05:41:11PM +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt via Postfix-users wrote: > * Chris Green via Postfix-users : > > > mydestination = > > no mail is delivered locally. Thus "/etc/aliases" doesn't get to do > anything > Ah, that explains it. So what's the minimal way of doing this? I don't want to deliver any mail locally but I do want something like /etc/aliases to redirect mail sent to root (i.e. errors) to me off site. -- Chris Green ___ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
[pfx] Re: [ext] Why can't I get /etc/aliases to do anything?
* Chris Green via Postfix-users : > mydestination = no mail is delivered locally. Thus "/etc/aliases" doesn't get to do anything -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netz | Netzwerk-Administration Invalidenstraße 120/121 | D-10115 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | https://www.charite.de ___ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org
