Magnus Therning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 20:25:51 +0100, Magnus Therning 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: > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>and run 'postmap /etc/postfix/generic > >> > >>Now if the mail is for [EMAIL PROTECTED] it will be delivered > >>according to your aliases file. Mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] What I wanted > >was a locally delivered email (according to the /etc/aliases file). > > Just to clarify why this is a bit of a problem to me. cron keeps on > sending email to root (not [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]). I'd > rather have the output from my crontabs delivered locally.
Ok, but it works for me. If I send mail to root (without @localhost), then my user receives it (according /etc/aliases). If I send mail to a real internet address then postfix takes care of the proper rewriting so that my smarthost doesn't deny it. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
