From: Andrew Koros (akoroske.uu.net)
Date: Wed Dec 05 2007 - 23:22:34 CST

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Hello,

Is there anyone out there with any idea about my problem described below?

I have postfix-2.4.6 built with PostgreSQL lookup support on Linux (CentOS-5
and Fedora).

I have an interesting problem with nested aliases in virtual domains. Here is
the scenario:

In my main.cf I have :

 virtual_mailbox_domains =
proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-my-virtual-destinations.cf
 virtual_mailbox_base = /var/mail
 virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-virtual.cf
 virtual_alias_maps = proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-aliases.cf
 virtual_alias_domains=
 transport_maps =
hash:/etc/postfix/transport, proxy:pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql-transport.cf
 e.t.c

In my virtual_mailbox_domains database I have the entries that returns results
like:
 example.com
 somewhere-else.com
e.t.c.

I have some entries in the virtual_mailbox_maps database that returns the
following results
 mailbox1example.com
 mailbox2example.com
 mailbox1somewhere-else.com
e.t.c

I have some entries in the virtual_alias_maps database like the following:

 alias1example.com mailbox1example.com
 alias2example.com mailbox2example.com
 alias2example.com mailbox1somewhere-else.com
 alias3example.com alias2example.com
 alias3example.com mailboxsome-remote-site.com
e.t.c

The problem:

Mails to alias1example.com and alias2example.com work fine.

But mail to the nested alias alias3example.com

Results in Errors. The following are the errors as tested using sendmail -bv

<alias2example.com> (expanded from <alias3example.com>): delivery via virtual:
    unknown user: "alias2example.com"

<mailbox2example.com> (expanded from <alias3example.com>): delivery via
    pop.example.com[x.x.x.x]:25: 250 Accepted

<mailbox1somewhere-else.com> (expanded from <alias3example.com>): delivery via
    pop.example.com[x.x.x.x]:25: 250 Accepted

<mailboxsome-remote-site.com> (expanded from <alias3example.com>): delivery via
    mx.some-remote-site.com[y.y.y.y]:25: 250 Accepted

It looks like it expands the result of the nested alias3example.com i.e.
alias2example.com but still attempts to lookup the alias2example.com as though
it is a mailbox.

Anyone has any idea how to solve this problem?

Andrew Koros
Systems Developer

UUNET KENYA LTD

The Only ISP with an MPLS enabled Network

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Mombasa Road, Nairobi

Email: akoros <at> ke.uu.net

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