Postfix: Need to deliver all local mail to 1 account, then forward

OneBinary · 01-04-2006, 10:00 PM

Hey All,

I have a 3rd party mail server installed on my system, but unfortunately at this point it does not handle local mail properly. It has it's own sendmail binary, but in it's current state it does not accept regular sendmail options, and therefore local mail, such as cron output is not delivered correctly.

I currently have postfix installed, but disabled. What I'd like to do is have all local forwarded to the other mail server that is installed. Any idea how I can accomplish this?

If any postfix guru's are around and can solve this problem, can you provide what configurations I would need to make to postfix in order to accomplis this?

Thanks

cbe · 01-04-2006, 10:30 PM

postfix has an option called a luser_relay. You should be able to find this description in the /etc/postfix/main.cf

Code:

# The luser_relay parameter specifies an optional destination address
# for unknown recipients.  By default, mail for unknown local recipients
# is bounced.
#
# The following expansions are done on luser_relay: $user (recipient
# username), $shell (recipient shell), $home (recipient home directory),
# $recipient (full recipient address), $extension (recipient address
# extension), $domain (recipient domain), $local (entire recipient
# localpart), $recipient_delimiter. Specify ${name?value} or
# ${name:value} to expand value only when $name does (does not) exist.
#
# luser_relay works only for the default Postfix local delivery agent.
#
#luser_relay = $user@other.host
#luser_relay = $local@other.host
#luser_relay = admin+$local

example:

luser_relay = user@domain.com

This means that ALL mail that would have bounced now forwards to user@domain.com

If you have any local accounts dont forget to use the /etc/aliases file to forward local mail (such as root) on to that email address as well. I'm not exactly sure if this is what your asking but I hope it helps.

example /etc/aliases:

root: localuser

localuser: user@domain.com

Curtis

OneBinary · 01-05-2006, 08:24 AM

OK cool, yeah that looks like it will take care of collecting all of the mail. Now how do I have it delivered to my other mail server application that is running on the same server? I assume I need to send it through SMTP? I've read a few post that mentions something about forwarding to a "smart host"?

Or if I setup the luser_relay variable to an external email address that exists on the other mail server, it will automatically deliver to that mail server?

OneBinary · 01-05-2006, 04:49 PM

Nevermind, I answered my own question by testing this. Thank you very much for the reply, now I get my cron output again, yeah