How do I route all emails directed to user-*@example.com (i.e. user-1234@example.com) to a pipe command in Postfix? The idea is to create craigslist-style anonymization by assigning dynamic email aliases to each user. I can't seem to find relevant information in the documentation, however.
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Okay. And now a different approach.
Put a new transport in master.cf
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coolscript unix - n n - 50 pipe
flags=R user=vmail argv=/path/to/script -o SENDER=${sender} -m USER=${user} EXTENSION=${extension}
you can extend/modify the parameters as you like.
Then (to eliminate pcre) you can use regexp to do the "catch-thing" in main.cf
:
transport_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/redirect.regexp
And in /etc/postfix/redirect.regexp
you put:
/^user-.*@example\.com/ coolscript:
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if I put /example.com/ it'll work and my data gets recorded, if I put /^user-.*@example.com/ it'll get a relay access denied, any idea why? I already have relay_domains=$mydestination, $transport_maps but apparently that doesnt solve the problem – Christopher Thomas May 22 '14 at 12:56
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2@ChristopherThomas You did not escape the dot in example.com?! – mailq Jan 12 '22 at 22:32
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oops, good catch, thanks! – Christopher Thomas Jan 13 '22 at 08:50
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First check if you have pcre compiled into Posfix with postconf -m
. Then you can set in main.cf
:
virtual_alias_maps = pcre:/etc/postfix/redirect.pcre
and in /etc/postfix/redirect.pcre
you put:
/^user-.*@example\.com$/ somelocalalias
and in /etc/aliases
you add
somelocalalias: |"/path/to/script"
Don't forget to postalias /etc/aliases
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Is there a reason you're suggesting pcre over regexp? Also, shouldn't I be specifying the pipe in master.cf? – Nick Colgan Oct 18 '11 at 19:15
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1@If you know the answer why ask? Sure there are more ways to achieve the same. If you prefer regexp then go for it. Even transports in master.cf can do it if you watch out for chroot pitfalls. – mailq Oct 18 '11 at 19:23
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This was the magic I needed to make my script work. Transport wasn't working for some reason, this worked first time. – n0nag0n Oct 26 '15 at 23:36
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