Matus UHLAR - fantomas via Postfix-users:
> On 05.05.23 11:52, Sean Gallagher via Postfix-users wrote:
> >While Wietse has his word processor open, I'd like to share a few of
> >my greatest misdirects in my evolving understanding of Postfix.
> >
> >To quote a like minded individual
> >
> >I simply want to help others avoid my points of confusion, in the belief I
> >am not a uniquirely incapable or unintelligent reader.
> >
> >1) virtual_alias_maps is not only applied to virtual_alias_domains,
> >but to _all_ domains that Pf receives mail for.
> >http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_CLASS_README.html is very misleading in
> >this respect. I really wish I had understood this earlier, it would
> >have saved a lot of time.
>
> I had this problem too and I think that explicitly stating something like:
The problem is that this information exists in some places but
not all places where aliasling is discussed.
New text for postconf(5):
virtual_alias_maps (default: $virtual_maps)
Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply for all email
deliveries, unlike alias_maps that apply only for local(8)
delivery. [...]
alias_maps (default: see "postconf -d" output)
Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply only for local(8)
delivery, unlike virtual_alias_maps which apply for all email
deliveries. [...]
New text for ADDRESS_CLASS_README:
Virtual aliasing
Note: virtual aliasing (virtual_alias_maps) applies for all
email deliveries, unlike local aliasing (alias_maps) which
applies only to local(8) delivery.
Local alias database
Note: local aliasing (alias_maps) applies only for local(8)
delivery, unlike virtual aliasing (virtual_alias_maps) which
applies for all email deliveries.
Are there any other placs that need to bve updated?
Wietse
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