On Tuesday 04 August 2009, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > > Thanks! That (or, rather, "owner-root: somebody") gives the result I > > want. I only wonder... why? I can't find much documentation on the > > "owner-"-aliases, and none of it manages to explain this behaviour. > > http://www.postfix.org/aliases.5.html > > In addition, when an alias exists for owner-name, delivery diagnostics > are directed to that address, instead of to the originator of the > message. This is typically used to direct delivery errors to the > maintainer of a mailing list, who is in a better position to deal with > mailing list delivery problems than the originator of the undeliv- ered > mail.
Yes, I've seen that, and it makes no sense to me, since no delivery diagnostic mails are ever produced, neither with nor without the owner-root alias. -- Karl-Johan Karlsson
