Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-28 Thread Wietse Venema
Ville Walveranta: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:47 AM, D G Teed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I can't understand the developer's notes, I usually emulate > > something that works from useful examples. > > As a relatively recent newcomer to Postfix (I've been running qmail since > 2002 and Pos

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-28 Thread Ville Walveranta
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:47 AM, D G Teed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I can't understand the developer's notes, I usually emulate > something that works from useful examples. As a relatively recent newcomer to Postfix (I've been running qmail since 2002 and Postfix since last year) I agree

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-28 Thread D G Teed
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Wietse Venema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:39 AM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you have no domains in relay_domains, then you don't need > > relay_recipient_maps nor reject_unverified_domains. > > > > you are using a "non standa

Re: Fwd: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-24 Thread Reinaldo de Carvalho
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:08 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > yes, the term "virtual" is overloaded. and one may ask what is not > virtual in networking/computing. but that's it. you can't change names > when they are widely used. There are examples in other areas: > > Agree! The "loc

Re: Fwd: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-24 Thread mouss
D G Teed a écrit : > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:20 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > D G Teed a écrit : > > I'd like to see an example of a set up where we could use > relay_domains > > and provide the flexibility of sending to any of our inbox s

Re: Fwd: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-24 Thread Brian Evans - Postfix List
D G Teed wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:20 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > D G Teed a écrit : > > I'd like to see an example of a set up where we could use > relay_domains > > and provide the flexibility of sending to any of our inbox serve

Fwd: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-24 Thread D G Teed
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:20 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > D G Teed a écrit : > > I'd like to see an example of a set up where we could use relay_domains > > and provide the flexibility of sending to any of our inbox servers > > within our domain, or forwarding a particular addresses ema

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-21 Thread mouss
D G Teed a écrit : > I'd like to see an example of a set up where we could use relay_domains > and provide the flexibility of sending to any of our inbox servers > within our domain, or forwarding a particular addresses email > to an outside email address like gmail.com > it do

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-21 Thread mouss
D G Teed a écrit : > Perhaps "non standard" but it works best for us. > 98% of our virtual map is mapped to one of three inbox > servers, while the other 2% want to forward their > stuff to gmail or some special service. It seems > the most flexible way to run a mapping. but it is not. actually,

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-21 Thread D G Teed
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Wietse Venema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:39 AM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you have no domains in relay_domains, then you don't need > > relay_recipient_maps nor reject_unverified_domains. > > > > you are using a "non standa

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-21 Thread Wietse Venema
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:39 AM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > if you have no domains in relay_domains, then you don't need > relay_recipient_maps nor reject_unverified_domains. > > you are using a "non standard" setup in the sense that you are declaring > the domains as virtual_alias_domains

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-21 Thread D G Teed
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 3:39 AM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > if you have no domains in relay_domains, then you don't need > relay_recipient_maps nor reject_unverified_domains. > > you are using a "non standard" setup in the sense that you are declaring > the domains as virtual_alias_domai

Re: preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-20 Thread mouss
D G Teed a écrit : > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:14 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > sure, losing mail is bad. but you should reject mail during the smtp > transaction. if your postfix is a lreay server and you can't get the > relay_recipient_maps,

preventing backscatter with virtual_alias_maps

2008-11-20 Thread D G Teed
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 2:14 PM, mouss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sure, losing mail is bad. but you should reject mail during the smtp > transaction. if your postfix is a lreay server and you can't get the > relay_recipient_maps, then you can use reject_unverified_recipient (only for > selecte