On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:22:07 +0000 (BST), you wrote:
>On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, Marc Haber wrote:
>> This should force postmaster mail to be delivered to
>> /var/spool/mail/postmaster unconditionally, right?
>
>Almost. You haven't specified a user for the delivery to run under.
I suppose that user mail.mail is not the correct idea to do so, right?
>> OTOH, this is not what one usually wants since postmaster usually is
>> an alias to a different address. Can I change local_part in the
>> director?
>
>You can use new_address in a smartuser director.
Ah, thanks.
>> Or is this idea a particularly stupid one? Please flame at will.
>
>I think most people just put "postmaster" in their system alias file.
>That is what we do.
This would cause postmaster to fail if the alias file is unavailable
or broken.
Can I prevent the system filter from being executed for mails
addressed to postmaster?
Greetings
Marc
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