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kongi123 · #1 23rd April 2010, 17:56

Hello,

I am new to PostFix. I would like to have PostFix (SMTP) forward/redirect "all" sent emails to another fixed desired address (such as admin@myserver.com) and most important field headers don't change (e.g. to cc bcc from subject...)

This is my example code:

1 /etc/postfix/main.cf:
2 virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
3
4 /etc/postfix/virtual:
5 * admin@myserver.com

I think the problem may be at Line 5 where I don't know which syntax can represent "all emails". I use *(star), but it seems not working. Thanks.

philefluxx · #2 23rd April 2010, 22:46

Are you looking to monitor emails? If this is the case then there are some other options if you cannot find a way to get postfix to cc an address on every email. This is what I use to monitor mail traffic and statistics:

http://howtoforge.net/mail_statistic...h_pflogsumm_p2

RogueCoder · #3 26th April 2010, 01:59

That's not actually what he was asking, but never the less, it's good advice.

For your actual question, check this out: http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRI....html#auto_bcc

It's exactly what you want from what I understand. The postfix documentation is a wonderful thing

kongi123 · #4 26th April 2010, 04:00

Many thanks for you all above. It sounds good, however, what I need is that I don't want emails sent to the recipients directly, but sent to admin only (and then admin will consider and forward once approved). Auto_bcc will bcc to admin, but others in To: list will also see.

Sorry I didn't give a clear question

RogueCoder · #5 26th April 2010, 04:06

I don't have time to check this right now, but here's another suggestion

/etc/postfix/virtual

Code:

/^(.*)$/ admin@myserver.com

or

Code:

(.*) admin@myserver.com

If that doesn't work, check out this for reference

http://www.postfix.org/virtual.5.html

RogueCoder · #6 26th April 2010, 12:58

I tried to post a reply yesterday, but it didn't show up, not sure why.

I think you should try this code in your virtual file

Code:

(.*) admin_email@domain.tld

See, the file uses regular expressions, and * matches 0 or one of the previous characters, and . matches any character. So that is your wildcard, (.*)

Reference:
http://www.postfix.org/virtual.5.html

kongi123 · #7 27th April 2010, 16:59

Many thanks again, RogueCoder. It now almost works. Besides adding your code in virtual file, I have to define virtual_alias_domains in main.cf, right? The problem is that I don't know the value to be used in virtual_alias_domains for "any domain". This is my code:

/etc/postfix/main.cf:
virtual_alias_domains = (.*) <--- The problem is in this line, I think- It is not working
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

/etc/postfix/virtual
(.*) admin@myserver.com

Otherwise, it should work. However, I just predict a further problem. If a sender uses "bcc:" and then the email is sent to admin, as configed. Can the admin see the email list in bcc field? How can the admin see it? Thanks.

philefluxx · #8 27th April 2010, 20:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by kongi123

Many thanks again, RogueCoder. It now almost works. Besides adding your code in virtual file, I have to define virtual_alias_domains in main.cf, right? The problem is that I don't know the value to be used in virtual_alias_domains for "any domain". This is my code:

/etc/postfix/main.cf:
virtual_alias_domains = (.*) <--- The problem is in this line, I think- It is not working
virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual

/etc/postfix/virtual
(.*) admin@myserver.com

Otherwise, it should work. However, I just predict a further problem. If a sender uses "bcc:" and then the email is sent to admin, as configed. Can the admin see the email list in bcc field? How can the admin see it? Thanks.

I'm probably wrong, but you may be able to see bcc info in the header's of the email received by the admin. Ive always hated bcc, its shady imo.