On 05/10/2013 07:53 AM, Larry Kuenning wrote: > On 5/10/2013 9:03 AM, I wrote: > >> If this creates valid files, will Postfix start using the new >> versions immediately, or do I need to do something else to draw its >> attention to the changes? > > After updating transport.db and virtual.db, and before posting, I ran > newaliases just in case, with the result that now I don't know whether > that step was necessary.
Per my reply that you hadn't seen yet, no it wasn't. newaliases just updates the .db files for those files in alias_database, i.e. /etc/aliases in your case. >> I'm guessing this means that Plesk creates the .db files directly >> without using text files. Ugh. Now I wonder, if I use postalias to >> update the .db files after editing my newly created text files, will >> Plesk eventually overwrite my work, say the next time I create a mailbox >> or an e-mail alias? I guess the way to find out is to try. > > I tried this too, creating a new alias for my catchall box after my > first successful post. A second post arrived with no trouble, and > examining the .db files with postmap shows they are as they should be. > So at any rate Plesk doesn't throw away data it finds in those files > that it didn't put there. Interesting. Anyway, I'm glad it's working for you. -- Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org