Re: Problems with $mydomain entries in virtual

Michael:
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>
> >> >> @mydomain.com bitbucket # defined in aliases as /dev/null
> >> >
> >> > Why on earth do you do this? You should not discard mail to invalid
> recipients.
> >>
> >> Well, I thought that was the best way to eliminate spam ... better than
> telling the spammers that the users don't exist.
> >
> > Since they never bother to correct their lists why bother ?
>
> Why bother to politely hang up?
>
> Plus, since they spoof other mailbox addresses then my 'unknown user'
> response could get routed back to some innocent bystander.
>
> I don't think this is the problem ... there is nothing wrong with routing
> unwanted messages to /dev/null
>
> The problem is that unqualified names in 'virtual' get mapped to
> 'mydomain.com'
>
> jane@otherdomain.com -> jane@mydomain.com
>
> rather than
>
> jane@otherdomain.com -> jane # as a local user

Then specify the local domain in myorigin.

Wietse