From: Kurt Lieber (kliebergentoo.org)
Date: Fri Jan 27 2006 - 20:14:35 CST

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We're installing a new developer shell box and, as part of this, are
considering moving over from our current MTA (exim) to postfix.

We have a fairly extensive system of aliases set up, built around a file
structure, similar to:

/var/mail/alias/misc/
/var/mail/alias/special/

and so on. Within each of those directories, we have files that correspond
to alias addresses. So:

/var/mail/alias/misc/amd64 is the alias file for amd64gentoo.org
/var/mail/alias/misc/www is the alias file for wwwgentoo.org

and so on.

Exim is configured to glob all files within directories that we specify.
Adding new aliases is as simple as adding a new file to the appropriate
directory. No edits are necessary to exim's configuration files. This
works well for us since we can use traditional unix perms to allow devs to
easily create new aliases in directories that we specify.

Short of moving to ldap, mysql, dbm, etc. is there a way to mimic this
functionality in Postfix? I'd rather not have to write a user front-end
for alias management if I can avoid it. Postfix has other advantages that
we want to utilize which is why we're considering the switch, but the alias
system is one area where we'd like to try and stick with what we have if
we can.

Thanks.

--kurt

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