> From: mich...@orlitzky.com > To: postfix-users@postfix.org > Subject: Re: RESOLVED RE: Need To Reject Inbound From Addresses with My Own > Domain/s > > wiskbr...@hotmail.com wrote: >> >> My problem was that my main.cf, although stating the aliases map with: >> >> alias_database = dbm:/etc/postfix/aliases >> alias_maps = dbm:/etc/postfix/aliases >> >> Was actually using /etc/aliases. Not sure why, I've just deleted the /etc >> one and sym-linked the /etc/postfix/aliases to /etc/aliases. > > You are putting yourself at great risk of being strangled by your > successor. Try to figure out why Postfix was using /etc/aliases. > > Have you checked the output of postconf -n (hint, hint) to confirm that > Postfix is using the main.cf that you think it is? Or maybe you're > redefining alias_database and alias_maps further down in main.cf?
I've looked, and it does not exist. I ran strings against the postfix binary, it's supplied by a vendor, and it contains: dbm:/etc/mail/aliases But even that file does not exist. Thanks, .vp
