Viktor Dukhovni:
> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:52:00PM +0000, Laura Smith wrote:
>
> > Is it somehow possilble to make use of discard(8) to /dev/null certain
> > addresses in a virtual mailbox setup (e.g.?virtual_alias_maps etc.) ??
> > Or can discard(8) only be applied to "real" receipients
>
> Yes, the transport table applies to all recipients except (IIRC)
> *virtual alias* recipients that fail to be rewritten to a real
> domain.
>
> transport:
> disc...@example.com discard:silently
>
> This works for local, virtual mailbox, relay and even remote recipients,
> but (again IIRC) not virtual alias recipients (rejected for lack of
> rewrite to a real address prior to transport lookup).
Yes, "user unknown in virtual alias maps" cannot be overruled with
transport maps.
Wietse
> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 11:31:00AM +0200, Ansgar Wiechers wrote:
>
> > You can define a virtual alias for a local "mailbox" /dev/null. Virtual
> > aliases work for both virtual domains and virtual mailbox domains.
> >
> > ----8<----
> > # /etc/postfix/virtual
> > ...
> > discardt...@example.org tr...@example.com
>
> This is unnecessarily complex, and assumes that the transport
> for example.com is local(8).
>
> --
> Viktor.
>
