On 1/3/12 12:36 AM, Lorens Kockum wrote: > On Sun, Jan 01, 2012 at 06:00:46PM -0700, Philip Prindeville wrote: >> I have a 'border' postfix MTA that doesn't host any mailboxes, indeed it >> doesn't even know what the valid usernames are for the domain. >> >> It merely serves to check messages for viruses, and block DoS attacks. >> >> As such, I need it to perform aliasing *only* on messages generated locally >> by system services, such as 'cron'. > Wouldn't the easiest way be to configure the box with a specific > local domain? If its local domain is "antivirus.example.com", > then it won't do alias expansion for anything else. Should the > box have your main domain as a local domain it it doesn't even > know the valid usernames for the domain? > > HTH
Creating extra domains would involve a lot of paperwork and retooling. Plus it seems like it would be fixing the symptoms but not the cause.