Re: Problems with $mydomain entries in virtual

On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:23:56 -0400 (EDT)
"Michael" <mth@mth.com> wrote:


>
> >> Since jane@mydomain.com does not explicitly exist in the virtual file
> >> her message gets routed to the bitbucket :-(
> >
> > Yes. So why do you use the "@mydomain.com bitbucket"
> > entry. What did you expect???
>
> I expected 'jane@mydomain.com' to go to the bitbucket ... that mailbox
> does not exist
>
> I expected that the virtual entry
>
> jane@otherdomain.com jane
>
> would send mail to local user 'jane' ... as it does in the aliases file
> and as it does in the sendmail virtusertable
>
> I did not expect that this entry would turn into 'jane@mydomain.com',
> which sent it to the bitbucket.
>

If you don't give a full account address then postfix will append the contents of $myorigin.

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