"I. Forbes" <iforbes@???> probably said:
> 1) A list of virtual domains, mapped onto real local users:
>
> virtual1.com: local1
> virtual2.com: local2
You can use this data with a lookup, probably in a smartuser director.
> 2) A rewriting mechanism that redirects incoming mail addressed to
> virtual domains as follows:
>
> target@??? is delivered to local1-target@???
smartuser director
> 3) A local delivery mechansim which directs mail as follows:
>
> local1[-optionalsuffix]@virtual1.com to the user local1
smartuser director with suffixes.
if you're doing both of these things, why not do them in one step ?
> 4) A .forward filter that can further redirect mail as follows:
>
> local1-target: otheruser@???
>
> The default behaviour of this filter is to deliver
>
> local1 and
> local1-*
>
> to the local mailbox.
>
> This filter file is stored in the local1's home directory with
> permissions for him to edit etc.
you could do this as is with another lookup in the file (but that
isn't valid syntax for a real .forward file), or you could look
up .forward-local1-target and have that forward file be the correct
syntax.
I do many similar things in the examples I've previously sent to the
list for virtual domains and passing suffixes through virtual domain
alias files.
> Qmail also has the facility to recover the original envelope
> information from the headers of the final delivery. This however is
> not a requirement for us, in fact I would quite happily turn this feature
> off.
Delivered-to: is added on normal local deliveries and can be turned off.
> - The "virtual domain alias" file needs to be in the ~user/
> directory not $domain directory.
Doesn't have to be.
> - I am not sure if there needs to be an address rewriting process
> as implemented in qmail.
Rewriting is a misnomer.
You don't need to rewrite to forward mail to a different user.
smartuser diretor new_address =
> - We need local1[-optionalsuffix] to be delivered to local1. This
> is required for standard (non virtual domain) addresses as well
> as virtual domains.
look at the suffix options to directors and examples previously sent
to the list.
> I would be happy to hear comments from anybody who has tried
> this before.
This isn't rocket science, is all possible in some form. Read the
examples, read the specification ...
P.
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