Re: .forward files?

Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:41:41 -0500 (EST)

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John K.:
> > John K.:
> > > After changing the recipient_delimiter to "-", I ran the following
> > > commands:
> > >
> > > {john}[NOC:~]$ echo 9134087243.6446432pagenet.net > .forward-pager
> > > {john}[NOC:~]$ cat .forward-pager
> > > 9134087243.6446432pagenet.net
> > > {john}[NOC:~]$
> > >
> > > Now, when I send email to "john-pagermaKintosh.com", it gets sent to
> > > "mypagers-pageremailaddress.com". How do I prevent the -pager from being
> > > appended.
> >
> > Postfix can propagate address extensions (-pager) in a lot of ways,
> > all under control of the propagate_unmatched_extensions parameter.
> >
> > The default setting is:
> >
> > propagate_unmatched_extensions = canonical, virtual
> >
> > Which does not propagate address extensions to addresses found in
> > aliases, in .forward files or :include: files.
> >
> > In order to get help you need to explain how john-pagermaKintosh.com
> > is aliased/forwarded to > > is aliased/forwarded to mypagersemailaddress.com.
> >
> > Wietse
> >
>
> I'm sorry for being unclear. 9134087243.6446432pagenet.net is my pager's
> email address. As you can see, it is contained in
> /home/john/.forward-pager. When I send mail to "john-pagermaKintosh.com",
> it gets sent to "9134087243.6446432-pagerpagenet.net". I hope this
> clears up the confusion.

propagate_unmatched_extensions?

        Wietse

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