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Old 10-17-2008, 10:26 AM   #1
Wheddod
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Post Postfix Transport(5)


Hi all, now that i have postfix installed and working in a fasion i decided that i should be checking some of its other features. The one that strikes me as most useful is the transport file. But i currently don't know how to set it up. Would someone be able to help me?

Many Thanks in Advance
Dan
 
Old 10-18-2008, 03:19 AM   #2
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Transport can do a lot of things. Here's an example.

In main.cf, you have the entry

Code:
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
or similar.

Now in my transport file, I have entries like:

Code:
fax.mydomain.com	fax:localhost
fax_ps.mydomain.com	fax_ps:localhost

In master.cf

Code:
fax     unix    -       n       n       -       1       pipe
  flags= user=fax argv=/usr/local/bin/faxmail -d -n ${user}

fax_ps     unix    -       n       n       -       1       pipe
  flags= user=fax argv=/etc/postfix/fax_ps -u ${user}
When a message is sent to user@fax.mydomain.com, the fax transport agent is called with the user (in this case the fax num,ber) as a parameter (fax_ps faxes a postscript file, the basic version faxes the mail body)

Hope that makes some sense.
 
Old 10-18-2008, 03:21 AM   #3
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Set it up to do what?

Search transport here: http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONF...ON_README.html for examples.
 
Old 10-18-2008, 03:29 AM   #4
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I'm assuming he just wants to have a play
 
Old 10-20-2008, 08:09 AM   #5
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So if i wanted to redirect all internal mail to one destination and then have everything external going to another address, would i just have to vi /etc/postfix/transport then add a couple of lines in to the bottom of the file? Would the following lines suffice?

my.domain.com :[Internal.my.domain.com]
.my.domain.com :[external.my.domain.com]
 
Old 10-20-2008, 11:15 AM   #6
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You would use a regexp or pcre map:

Code:
/^domain\.com$/  smtp:[Internal.my.domain.com]
/./              smtp:[external.ip]
If parent_domain_matches_subdomains is set, no need to list the extra subdomain pattern.
 
  


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