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From: "Alexander Erameh" on 5 May 2010 09:59 Is there any reason why Postfix doesn't read .forward files set up in users Mail folders, even after modifying main.cf to include the forward_path option. Do I have to disable /etc/postfix/virtual which was hitherto handling forwarding? Alexander
From: Ralf Hildebrandt on 5 May 2010 10:02 * Alexander Erameh <alexander_erameh(a)hotmail.com>: > Is there any reason why Postfix doesn't read .forward files set up in users > Mail folders, even after modifying main.cf to include the forward_path > option. Yes. If postfix/local is not involved, the files will be ignored. > Do I have to disable /etc/postfix/virtual which was hitherto handling > forwarding? Hard to tell, without logs or postconf -n output. -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebrandt(a)charite.de | http://www.charite.de
From: "Alexander Erameh" on 5 May 2010 10:19 * Alexander Erameh <alexander_erameh(a)hotmail.com>: > Is there any reason why Postfix doesn't read .forward files set up in users > Mail folders, even after modifying main.cf to include the forward_path > option. Yes. If postfix/local is not involved, the files will be ignored. > Do I have to disable /etc/postfix/virtual which was hitherto handling > forwarding? Hard to tell, without logs or postconf -n output. Pardon me please, but I am new to POSTFIX, just a few months in fact. Could you please explain how to involve postfix/local? Alexander
From: Jeroen Geilman on 5 May 2010 10:26 On 05/05/2010 04:19 PM, Alexander Erameh wrote: > * Alexander Erameh<alexander_erameh(a)hotmail.com>: > >> Is there any reason why Postfix doesn't read .forward files set up in users >> Mail folders, even after modifying main.cf to include the forward_path >> option. >> > Yes. If postfix/local is not involved, the files will be ignored. > > >> Do I have to disable /etc/postfix/virtual which was hitherto handling >> forwarding? >> > Hard to tell, without logs or postconf -n output. > > > > Pardon me please, but I am new to POSTFIX, just a few months in fact. > > Could you please explain how to involve postfix/local? > > > Alexander > > local(8) is a mail delivery agent (MDA). It is the default MDA for postfix for local mailboxes, but you can use whichever MDA you want. However, if local(8) isn't used as the local delivery agent, postfix is not involved in .forward processing. Run "postconf local_transport" to see what your current MDA is.
From: Appliantologist on 5 May 2010 10:47
Hello, I have both .forward files and /etc/postfix/virtual and it seems the the .forward file takes priority, I can't check now, because I am under a spam attack again. The .forward file should be in the users home directory and needs to be readable by postfix On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 4:59 PM, Alexander Erameh <alexander_erameh(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Is there any reason why Postfix doesnt read .forward files set up in users > Mail folders, even after modifying main.cf to include the forward_path > option. > > > > Do I have to disable /etc/postfix/virtual which was hitherto handling > forwarding? > > > > > > > > Alexander |