>>>> I have a mailserver running postfix and spamassassin. I have a user 
>>>> 'user1' and an alias 'alias1', like this in /etc/aliases:
>>> Two obvious things to check: 1) did you run 'newaliases' to rebuild the 
>>> aliases database?
>> Positive. The mail is delivered to the right place, it just doesn't get the 
>> bayes checks done (or check the user's whitelist, or anything that needs 
>> access to their home directory)
> I don't think  spamassassin understands aliases. I've never used 
> spamass-milter, but judging by an online copy of its man page, I suspect you 
> may be missing the -x option.
> -x'   Pass the recipient address through sendmail -bv, which will
>      perform virtusertable and alias expansion. The resulting username
>      is then passed to spamc. Requires the -u flag.

You are exactly right, this did the trick. Thank you!

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