[TriLUG] postfix recipient_delimiter not behaving :(

[David M.]

more of my own thoughts, based on this article:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2151090?start=0&tstart=0
it could be that OSX intends for the + to be the ONLY recipient_delimiter
for postfix due to the fact that I'm running CardDAV and CalDAV.  It turns
out a workaround was to add my username-foo alias in the Workgroup Manager
for my Open Directory user.  Problem is I have about 30 of these
username-xxx aliases out there.  The fortunate part is I kept a text file of
all of them (same a random one I may have forgotten to log).  The
unfortunate part is the place where you put aliases doesn't have any way for
each alias to have a label such that I know what my xxx's mean!  username-fs
is Flying Saucer for me... but it could have meant FullSteam if I didn't
document what I used -fs for.  ARG!

Further discussion/insight is welcome.  I have a speculative answer though.
 Maybe I'll check and see if the gui Workgroup Manager is updating an alias
file for me somewhere that I can easily text edit with #comments after each
entry.


On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:04 PM, David M. <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:

> followup: smtp error log indicates:
> 550 5.1.1 <username-foo at domain.com>: Recipient address rejected: User
> unknown in local recipient table;
>
> btw, this is OSX 10.6.x (Snow Leopard) using postfix and dovecot.
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:59 PM, David M. <turnpike420 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> By default postfix uses "recipient_delimiter = +" and wouldn't you know I
>> had to switch mail servers to receive email from an email address I setup
>> LONG ago that was my username+foo at domain.com when all my other emails in
>> recent history have been username-foo at domain.com.  So, I edit my main.cfand set "recipient_delimiter = -" (which is the same as the backed up
>> main.cf of my previous mail server), stop mail services, start mail
>> services.  I send a test email from my gmail account to
>> username-foo at domain.com and it is still rejected.  Now I sent to
>> username+foo at domain.com and it is still accepted!!  Suggestions? I'm
>> missing some valuable emails right now that are using the - delimiter.  Is
>> there anything else I should be looking at?
>>
>> thanks,
>> David McDowell
>>
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