How do I deliver to a program using a wild card
Hi, I get email forwarded to me from a FAX server that I need to process and then forward to a different server. The ³to² email address is always in the form of FAXnumber@send.fax. The FAX number could be the phone number for any FAX machine in the country and only the �...@send.fax² is a constant. Right now, I¹ve set up an alias that looks like ³*.send.fax ³/opt/local/adm/aliasFilters/FAX.filter faxfilter² which seems like it should work. When I point alias_maps to that file, and include the send.fax domain in mydestination, the message bounces because it doesn¹t recognize the user (which is simply one of an infinite possible phone numbers). When I move the send.fax domain to relay_domains and point virtual_alias_maps to the alias file, Postfix happily forward the message on to the regilar mail server, substituting the file path for the ³to² address. In no case does the message ever get delivered to the program. Can someone please tell me what I need to do to get this to work right? I¹m running this in a separate instance of Postfix, so no matter what I do, I won¹t screw up the main mail system. Thanks. Rob Tanner UNIX Services Manager Linfield College, McMinnville Oregon 503-883-2558
Re: How do I deliver to a program using a wild card
* Rob Tanner rtan...@linfield.edu wrote:
I get email forwarded to me from a FAX server that I need to process and
then forward to a different server. The ³to² email address is always in the
form of FAXnumber@send.fax. The FAX number could be the phone number for
any FAX machine in the country and only the �...@send.fax² is a constant.
Right now, I¹ve set up an alias that looks like ³*.send.fax
³/opt/local/adm/aliasFilters/FAX.filter faxfilter² which seems like it
should work. When I point alias_maps to that file, and include the
send.fax domain in mydestination, the message bounces because it doesn¹t
recognize the user (which is simply one of an infinite possible phone
numbers). When I move the send.fax domain to relay_domains and point
virtual_alias_maps to the alias file, Postfix happily forward the message on
to the regilar mail server, substituting the file path for the ³to² address.
In no case does the message ever get delivered to the program.
Can someone please tell me what I need to do to get this to work right? I¹m
running this in a separate instance of Postfix, so no matter what I do, I
won¹t screw up the main mail system.
Set up fax.send in virtual_alias_domains. In a PCRE map referenced by
virtual_alias_maps, add an entry like:
/(.*)@fax.send/ local...@my.domain,${1}final.mailserver
This will redirect the message to faxnumber@final.mailserver and to
the alias localfax (given that you substitue my.domain with a
domain which is part of mydestination).
In /etc/aliases, add
localfax: |/path/to/program
and issue newaliases.
Cheers
Stefan
Re: How do I deliver to a program using a wild card
* Stefan Förster cite+postfix-us...@incertum.net wrote:
/(.*)@fax.send/ local...@my.domain,${1}final.mailserver
/(.*)@fax.send/ local...@my.domain,$...@final.mailserver
The @ was missing.
Re: How do I deliver to a program using a wild card
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009, Stefan Förster wrote:
* Rob Tanner rtan...@linfield.edu wrote:
I get email forwarded to me from a FAX server that I need to process and
then forward to a different server. The ³to² email address is always in the
form of FAXnumber@send.fax. The FAX number could be the phone number for
any FAX machine in the country and only the �...@send.fax² is a constant.
Right now, I¹ve set up an alias that looks like ³*.send.fax
³/opt/local/adm/aliasFilters/FAX.filter faxfilter² which seems like it
should work. When I point alias_maps to that file, and include the
send.fax domain in mydestination, the message bounces because it doesn¹t
recognize the user (which is simply one of an infinite possible phone
numbers). When I move the send.fax domain to relay_domains and point
virtual_alias_maps to the alias file, Postfix happily forward the message on
to the regilar mail server, substituting the file path for the ³to² address.
In no case does the message ever get delivered to the program.
Can someone please tell me what I need to do to get this to work right? I¹m
running this in a separate instance of Postfix, so no matter what I do, I
won¹t screw up the main mail system.
Set up fax.send in virtual_alias_domains. In a PCRE map referenced by
virtual_alias_maps, add an entry like:
It is unnecessary to move 'fax.send' from $mydestination to
$virtual_alias_domains. The virtual(5) alias table also rewrites envelope
recipient addresses for *local* destinations. See the manual for more.
/(.*)@fax.send/ local...@my.domain,${1}final.mailserver
Might as well use anchors and only accept digits in the local-part.
/^(\d+)@fax.send$/ localfax,$...@final.mailserver
In /etc/aliases, add
localfax: |/path/to/program
and issue newaliases.
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Sahil Tandon sa...@tandon.net
