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Subject: Re: deliver to default_transport WITHOUT checking users?
From: Lars Hecking (lheckingnmrc.ie)
Date: Thu Jun 29 2000 - 08:28:28 CDT

Danny Howard writes:
> so, i'm doing postfix(smtp->alias->vscan) -> amavis -> postfix(vscan->smtp)
>
> i tweaked the recipient limit as detailed earlier. (Thanks Wietse, Lars!)
>
> problem is, since this is a mail gateway and every user has an alias, every
> user gets forwarded to the vscan relay seperately!

 I don't understand, why. aliases lookup is done by the local mailer,
 which should never get involved on a gateway.

> so, I'm trying to hook it up that the alias lookup is handled by the second
> postfix, but i can't figure out how to tell postfix "just dump all incoming
> mail on vscan" - i've been mucking with mailbox_transport, fallback_transport,
> and default_transport=vscan, but every time there's a different taste of
> breakage.

 Any details? Logs?

 I am using, in /etc/postfix.smtp:

 mydestination =
 default_transport = vscan

 alias_maps and alias_database is commented out (using the defaults; it
 seems that at least one of them cannot be enpty).

> is there some magic way to bypass all user checks and just deliver to
> default_transport? do i have to set up a transport table? (aigh! it's just
> one parameter i never want to change! ;) or am i just acting silly and i've
> got it, i just don't believe it?