> ------- Original Message ------- > From: Harold Paulson <haro...@sierraweb.com> > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Sent: 27-Feb-09, 17:41:27 > Subject: Re: postsuper -r not re-resolving aliases > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Victor, > > On Feb 27, 2009, at 2:39 PM, Victor Duchovni wrote: > > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 02:34:23PM -0800, Harold Paulson wrote: > > > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> I have a number of messages in my deferred queue that are destined > >> for an > >> offsite alias, which is currently unreachable. I have changed the > >> alias to > >> point to a local mailbox so the mail can be retrieved by the > >> owner. New > >> messages sent to this alias are delivered as expected to this new > >> mailbox. > >> > >> However, if I 'postsuper -r <queueid>' one of the deferred > >> messages, it is > >> re-queued to go to the old offsite destination. I was expecting > >> it to > >> re-resolve the alias, and send the message to the new mailbox. > >> postsuper(1) says that when I re-queue a message with the -r option: > >> > >> The message is subjected again to mail address rewriting > >> and substitution. This is useful when rewriting rules or > >> virtual mappings have changed. > >> > >> Obviously I am doing something wrong here. How can I re-queue these > >> deferred messages so they are sent to the new destination instead > >> of the > >> old one? > > > > It is again subjected to rewriting, but the input to the rewrite is > > the > > output of the previous rewrites. > > Thank you for the informative reply. I understand the problem now. > > Is there a reasonable way to get the destination of these stuck > messages changed? > > - H
add a virtual alias maps entry like stuckaddress newaddress and then requeue the messages -- Noel Jones
