On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, Ray wrote:

> I have a solution, and It seems to work, just want to know if I'm going to 
> shoot myself in the foot.
> 
> I'm running postfix 2.6 with a number of virtual domains, all data stored in 
> a 
> MySql database. Server is running well and has been for a while.
> 
> When a message is sent to u...@example.com (a domain I host), I want it 
> delivered to that account and the users gmail account. after a little time 
> with google, it appears that If I set up  u...@example.com as usual and set 
> up 
> an alias mapping 
> u...@example.com -> u...@example.com, ****...@gmail.com 
> everything works. Am I missing something, or is this all there is to it?

Use a virtual alias mapping to do this; that is all there is to it.

> If this is correct, how many accounts can I include in that list? (Somebody 
> is 
> sure to ask me.)

http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#virtual_alias_expansion_limit

> Also, In my experiment, this seemed to introduce a small delay (45 seconds?) 
> in the delivery to the original account, is this my imagination, network 
> issues or is it real?

Without evidence (logging, at the very least), this is just speculation.
Read the DEBUG_README before posting your follow-up.

-- 
Sahil Tandon <sa...@tandon.net>

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