Postfix ignoring /etc/aliases under Debian ?
categories:
- Debian/Ubuntu
- Linux
- Postfix
So you are running Debian, you added some aliases into /etc/aliases, ran newaliases, but Postfix won’t take aliases into account despite what seems to be a correct configuration :
/etc/postfix/main.cf :
alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
/etc/aliases :
account: someone@example.org
Check the myorigin parameter :
# postconf myorigin myorigin = /etc/mailname
Now if you check the content of /etc/mailname :
# cat /etc/mailname srv.intranet.example.com
Change that to “intranet.example.com” either in the file or directly under the myorigin setting.
It should not try to deliver locally anymore.
Before :
Apr 5 14:59:36 srv postfix/local[15144]: DD454425A7: to=, orig_to=, relay=local, delay=0.21, delays=0.14/0.02/0/0.05, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (forwarded as 5258A425B7)
After :
Apr 5 14:59:39 srv postfix/smtp[15145]: F151D42469: to=, orig_to=, relay=smtp.example.com[209.85.143.109]:587, delay=3.4, delay s=0.05/0.03/1.5/1.8, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 OK 1302008379 t72sm2756613wei.44)