From: Wietse Venema (wietseporcupine.org)
Date: Tue May 01 2007 - 18:41:14 CDT

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Dehnert James Sr:
> Question? Is it possible to create an alias directory and have
> postfix source all the files contained therein?
>
> I'd like to create a /etc/postfix/domain.tld directory and then have
> a file for each individual user or group in that directory. I know I
> could write a script that cats and outputs, then postmaps, but I was
> wondering if there are any provisions for that IN postfix.

There is no need to re-invent cat(1) and make(1) for Postfix.

Instead of maintaining lots of files, consider using a database.
Postfix supports SQL and LDAP. They allow you to change a few
records without having to postmap a huge amount of information.

        Wietse

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