Re: Postfix configuration (mail to root)

[Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>]

Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:36:34 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> [..]
> >You can do this with rewriting. I just set this up today so its fresh
> >:)
> >
> >/etc/postfix/main.cf:
> >
> >	smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic
> >
> >then create /etc/postfix/generic with something like this:
> >
> >	user@my.local.host	account@my.remote.host
> >
> >and run 'postmap /etc/postfix/generic
> >
> >Now if the mail is for root@my.local.host it will be delivered
> >according to your aliases file. Mail for user@some.internet.host will
> >be sent to respective address with rewriten From:
> 
> I can't seem to make it do what I want it to, which would be the exact
> opposite of what you're doing.  My problem was that
> 
>  % /usr/lib/sendmail root << EOF
>  Subject: test
> 
>  Test
>  EOF
> 
> Would result in a mail being sent to root@my.remote.host.  What I wanted
> was a locally delivered email (according to the /etc/aliases file).
> 
> After some research I added the following to my /etc/postfix/main.cf:
> 
>  mydestination = $myhostname, localhost
> 
> That resulted in local delivery for mail sent to root@localhost and
> root@my.local.host (and /etc/aliases is used for that :-).

I don't understand how is that different than your original config, but
if it works ... :)


Regards,
Andrei
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