how to send a copy to another email address of all incoming messages from an email account?(postfix)

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it's possible?

thx.

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 28 '11 at 17:21

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You can simply use recipient_bcc_maps to copy all emails being sent to a specific user (or a specific domain).

For example add the following line to your main.cf (or use postconf for that):

recipient_bcc_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/recipient_bcc_maps

and create a file /etc/postfix/recipient_bcc_maps with the following content:

user@example.com  recipient@example.net

and run postmap recipient_bcc_maps.

answered Apr 28 '11 at 17:21

joschi

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And don't forget to issue 'service reload postfix' or 'systemctl reload postfix', whether your distro uses systemd or not. Otherwise postfix will not use the newly postmapped file – user2965433 Dec 01 '21 at 09:39

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '11 at 16:51

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You can do this by creating two aliases for the account, as follows:

Let's say you have two email addresses: mom@example.com and kid@example.com, and you want mom to get a copy of all of kid's email. In this case, mom@example.com and kid@example.com would both be accounts, but you would also create the following aliases:

From:                         To:
kid@example.com               mom@example.com
kid@example.com               kid@example.com

Postfix will understand this -- the kid -> kid alias does not create a loop (though it looks like it should!), instead it tells Postfix to continue on to delivering to the mailbox even though the mail was already delivered to the alias.

answered Apr 28 '11 at 16:51

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Note that postfix complains about a duplicate entry. Put both `mom@example.com` and `kid@example.com` destination on the same line. – Ludovic Kuty Apr 16 '12 at 15:56
It surprisingly works. – ychaouche Dec 24 '17 at 10:51
Works like charm. I've been looking for a solution to this problem for months. – Hasan Nov 22 '19 at 19:42

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 28 '11 at 01:11

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one solution is to use procmail a different solution is to use ~/.forward file. over the two procmail has far more options and control.

answered Apr 28 '11 at 01:11

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i fount it: http://www.minigeek.org/2007/11/postfix-archive-emails-via-bcc – Mrsksdk Apr 28 '11 at 01:15
send bcc will do it as well ... :) there is also an option into main.cf – silviud Apr 28 '11 at 01:40
could u tell me how to use this second option? – Mrsksdk Apr 28 '11 at 01:44
check this link - is quite simple if you still have problems let me know - http://wiki.kartbuilding.net/index.php/Procmail_-_setup_with_postfix – silviud Apr 28 '11 at 23:54

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 07 '12 at 11:35

I suggest using this milter if your postfix storage format is mbox: http://www.dancingfortune.com/projects/archivesmtp/index.php

the advantage is that if a user is authenticated and not using the proper from details his mail will still be caught by this milter while the sender_bcc_maps won't catch it.

how to send a copy to another email address of all incoming messages from an email account?(postfix)

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