From a5a6096032bb5de26a5b277985d8caa1e85de2b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Lauterbach <44545919+aendeavor@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 12:11:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Configure Aliases (markdown) --- .../content/config/user-management/aliases.md | 38 +++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/content/config/user-management/aliases.md b/docs/content/config/user-management/aliases.md index 913e6b52..95f4c81d 100644 --- a/docs/content/config/user-management/aliases.md +++ b/docs/content/config/user-management/aliases.md @@ -1,46 +1,34 @@ -Please first read [Postfix documentation on virtual aliases](http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html#virtual_alias). +Please read the [Postfix documentation on virtual aliases](http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html#virtual_alias) first. -### Configuring aliases - -You can use [setup.sh](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/wiki/Setup-docker-mailserver-using-the-script-setup.sh#alias) instead of creating and editing files manually. - -Aliases are managed in `/tmp/docker-mailserver/postfix-virtual.cf`. - -An alias is a _full_ email address that will either be: +You can use [setup.sh](https://github.com/docker-mailserver/docker-mailserver/wiki/Setup-docker-mailserver-using-the-script-setup.sh#alias) instead of creating and editing files manually. Aliases are managed in `/tmp/docker-mailserver/postfix-virtual.cf`. An alias is a _full_ email address that will either be: * delivered to an existing account registered in `/tmp/docker-mailserver/postfix-accounts.cf` * redirected to one or more other email addresses -Alias and target are space separated. +Alias and target are space separated. An example on a server with domain.tld as its domain: -Example (on a server with domain.tld as its domain): +``` INI +# Alias delivered to an existing account +alias1@domain.tld user1@domain.tld - # Alias delivered to an existing account - alias1@domain.tld user1@domain.tld - - # Alias forwarded to an external email address - alias2@domain.tld external@gmail.com +# Alias forwarded to an external email address +alias2@domain.tld external@gmail.com +``` ### Configuring regexp aliases -Additional regexp aliases can be configured by placing them into `config/postfix-regexp.cf`. The regexp aliases get evaluated after the virtual aliases (`/tmp/docker-mailserver/postfix-virtual.cf`). +Additional regexp aliases can be configured by placing them into `config/postfix-regexp.cf`. The regexp aliases get evaluated after the virtual aliases (`/tmp/docker-mailserver/postfix-virtual.cf`). For example, the following `config/postfix-regexp.cf` causes all email to "test" users to be delivered to qa@example.com: -For example, the following `config/postfix-regexp.cf` causes all email to "test" users to be delivered to qa@example.com: - -``` +``` INI /^test[0-9][0-9]*@example.com/ qa@example.com ``` ### Address tags (extension delimiters) as an alternative to aliases -Postfix supports so-called address tags, in the form of plus (+) tags - i.e. address+tag@example.com will end up at address@example.com. - -This is configured by default and the (configurable !) separator is set to `+`. - -For more info, see [How to use Address Tagging (user+tag@example.com) with Postfix](https://www.stevejenkins.com/blog/2011/03/how-to-use-address-tagging-usertagexample-com-with-postfix/) and the [official documentation](http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#recipient_delimiter). +Postfix supports so-called address tags, in the form of plus (+) tags - i.e. address+tag@example.com will end up at address@example.com. This is configured by default and the (configurable !) separator is set to `+`. For more info, see [How to use Address Tagging (user+tag@example.com) with Postfix](https://www.stevejenkins.com/blog/2011/03/how-to-use-address-tagging-usertagexample-com-with-postfix/) and the [official documentation](http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#recipient_delimiter). Note that if you do decide to change the configurable separator, you must add the same line to *both* `config/postfix-main.cf` and `config/dovecot.cf`, because Dovecot is acting as the delivery agent. For example, to switch to `-`, add: -``` +``` INI recipient_delimiter = - ```