[TriLUG] Postfix config question vmaps.txt

Jason Tower jason at cerient.net
Tue Dec 20 21:23:18 EST 2005


i deleted your original post, but i think the syntax of your valias.txt 
file might be suspect.  if you want to email me your main.cf and 
valias.txt files i'll take a closer look.

Rick DeNatale wrote:
> On 12/20/05, Jason Tower <jason at cerient.net> wrote:
> 
>>typically virtual users are defined in the /etc/postfix/virtual file,
>>referenced by the following line in main.cf:
>>
>>virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
>>
>>most distros have this file heavily commented, read it to be sure you're
>>using the correct syntax.  you'll need to run 'postmap
>>/etc/postfix/virtual' after editing it.
> 
> 
> Well in my case main.cf has
> virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/valias.txt
> 
> As I said in the original post, the timestamps on
> /etc/postfix/valias.txt and /etc/postfix/valias.txt.db indicate that
> the second was produced from the first (via postmap).
> 
> I'm still mystified why it is working for one domain but not the other.
> 
> --
> Rick DeNatale
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