questions regarding postfix-migration

2011-09-02 Thread lupin5th
Hello, List! OK, I´m trying to migrate from a (really very, very) old mailserver to a new one, and besides the fact that the old one has options that do not even exist anymore, at all, the new setup ist a bit different from the current one. so if anyone could look over this, and tell me if anythin

using postfix for smarthost?

2011-10-17 Thread Lupin5th
Good day! is it possible to configure postfix as "smarthost" in the sense, that it 1) accepts mails from the internet and then forwards them to the "real" mailserver? and 2) sends mails off into the internet, that come to it from the "real" mailserver? so to speak, it would just serve as a for

Re: using postfix for smarthost?

2011-10-17 Thread Lupin5th
Original-Nachricht > Datum: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:40:35 +0200 > Von: Patrick Ben Koetter > An: postfix-users@postfix.org > Betreff: Re: using postfix for smarthost? > * lupin...@gmx.net : > > is it possible to configure postfix as "smarthost" in the sense, that it > > 1) accepts

virtual_alias_maps / mysql problem

2011-12-11 Thread Lupin5th
Hello! i´m not quite sure if the problem is directly the virtual_alias_maps or something it interacts with, so to say. in main.cf i set virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual.cf unverified_recipient_reject_code = 550 unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550 and in mysql-virtual.c

Re: RE: virtual_alias_maps / mysql problem

2011-12-11 Thread Lupin5th
thank you for you reply. virtual_mailbox_domains is set, as is virtual_transport. do you mean using a hash-file to test it or for permanent use? there are some 500 mail-users on the server, who change relatively often and who have each a number of aliases..i´d rather avoid using a hash file, espe

Re: virtual_alias_maps / mysql problem

2011-12-11 Thread Lupin5th
thank you for the hint! i activated the query-log and the query is executed ok. i also checked it via postmap -q hutzenp...@domain.de mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual.cf (which correctly did not return anything) and postmap -q correctu...@domain.de mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual.cf which did ret

Re: RE: virtual_alias_maps / mysql problem

2011-12-12 Thread Lupin5th
Ah, thank you, that led me into the exact right direction! =) i changed the way dovecot checks, if the user exists, and now it works fine. ^_^; just for curiosity, what exactly would i need to feed to the virtual_maibox_maps or rather, what does it expect to get from whatever backend put there?