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In my postfix main.cf I have:

smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unauth_destination, check_recipient_access regexp:/etc/postfix/access.me

...

virtual_alias_maps    = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

...

In my virtual file I have:

a@mydomain.com                            xxxx@gmail.com
na@mydomain.com                           xxxx@gmail.com
@mydomain.com                             xxxx@gmail.com

In my access.me file I have:

/^abc/ OK
/a@mydomain.com/  OK
/na@mydomain.com/  REJECT failed test
/@mydomain.com/  REJECT failed test contact us@mydomain.com

With this I have successfully failed (!) to send to na@mydomain.com so I know access.me is being read correctly by postfix. If I send to xyz@mydomain.com it fails (correctly) rejected by Line 4 of access.me

However if I try to mail abc123@mydomain.com it fails with "User unknown in virtual alias table" which shows that it is accepted by line 1 of access.me, but I need this email to succeed and get through.

So nearly there but I must be misunderstanding postfix logic... Tim

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  • Can you post the entire maillog,generated by postfix, when the mail was sent to `abc123@mydomain.com`? Also post your `postconf -n` if possible. – clement May 22 '14 at 07:28

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Having tested it again to provide more information I found that it did actually work (for the first time) so either the virtual file was not the latest version or there was a delay in propagation.

This configuration was designed so that customers could send emails to us where the email address itself was generated from data (ex: location and language of user), since coupled with the sender address the customer need not input anything apart from their comments.

So this does seem to be a valid way to enable customised email addresses to get through postfix while rejecting randomised email addresses / spam.

Tim

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