Hi,
I've set up postfix and cyrus properly (I think) and it's working fine for valid users.
In my main.cf virtual_mailbox_domains = virtual.domain1.com, virtual.domain2.com virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
$ cat /etc/postfix/virtual @virtual.domain1.com anything
is "anything" a separate virtual user account?
The above is "supposed" to function as a catchall address. (I'm using that as opposed to actually listing down _all_ the valid addreses
in my make-believe domain.)
But only if you created a virtual account called "anything".
Valid maiboxes in cyrus are: user1 user2
If I send an email to either user1 or user2, it will work. Cyrus will accept the message. But if I send a message to user100(which does not exist), it gets rejected. (this is not what I want now, since I want catchall addresses)
Which user should get these mails? If it's not a specially created user (e.g. postmaster) than it must be user1 oder user2. In this case, do not use virtual_mailbox_maps but virtual_alias_maps:
In main.cf: virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtualaliases
In /etc/postfix/virtualaliases:
@virtual.domain1.com user1.virtual.domain1.com
And don't forget to build the databases with the postmap command.
If I replace @virtual.domain1.com anything
with
[1] @virtual.domain1.com user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or
[2] user1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
in [1], nothing is supposed to change, since virtual_mailbox_maps will ignore the RHS value. in [2], only emails to user1 will be accepted. User2's email will get rejected.
That's because virtual_mailbox_maps is not for aliases, only for (non-system) mailbox-users.
-volker
