On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, [email protected] wrote: > I am trying to understand sender/recipient names are handled. > Am I correct in that recipient addresses are "rewritten" according to > ADDRESS_REWRITING_README before recipient/sender checks are performed.
If by "recipient/sender checks" you refer to smtpd_mumble_restrictions, they are performed by the smtpd(8) server, which then passes mail to cleanup(8), at which point the ADDRESS_REWRITING_README applies. > I ask because I have the following setup > vdomains > klam.ca > klam.com > klam.biz > > valiases > [email protected] [email protected] > > vmailboxes > [email protected] klam.com/xyz This an insufficient description of your setup; please show the output of 'postconf -n' as suggested in the DEBUG_README. > However, legitimate mail addressed to *[email protected] seems to be getting lost. > Is there a better way of getting email addresses to *.klam.biz to > [email protected]. Can you define "lost" and show relevant log excerpts? > I have noticed that there seems to be a fair amount of duplication > between the Postfix default values and the main.cf entries. > Is there a simple way, being a lazy sod preferably automated, way of > cleaning up main.cf. The postconf(1) manual contains information to help you with that. -- Sahil Tandon <[email protected]>
