[Dovecot] Postfix, MySQL, Dovecot LDA and alias domains

[Darek M]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Charles Marcus
<CMarcus at media-brokers.com> wrote:
> On 2010-06-22 7:06 AM, Darek M wrote:
>> I have a postfix/postfixadmin/mysql/dovecot install that was using
>> 'virtual' for the LDA.  I tried the 'dovecot' LDA to enable Sieve but
>> ran into trouble with aliases.  With domain "some-domain.com" being an
>> alias to "somedomain.com", mail sent to *@somedomain.com would be
>> delivered to the Maildir fine, but the 'dovecot' LDA tossed "unknown
>> user" for anything sent to *@some-domain.com (the alias to the other
>> domain).
>
> The MTA is what does recipient validation...
>
> postconf -n output would be helpful...
>


I reverted back to 'virtual', so replace the "virtual_*" directives at
the end with the 3 lines at the very bottom for what my config was
when using the 'dovecot' LDA.


alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
alternate_config_directories = /etc/postfix-in
broken_sasl_auth_clients = yes
command_directory = /usr/sbin
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = amavisfeed:[127.0.0.1]:10024
daemon_directory = /usr/libexec/postfix
data_directory = /var/lib/postfix
debug_peer_level = 2
html_directory = no
inet_interfaces = localhost 1.2.3.4
inet_protocols = ipv4
mail_owner = postfix
mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix
manpage_directory = /usr/share/man
message_size_limit = 104857600
mydestination = localhost.$mydomain, localhost
myhostname = domain.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 1.2.3.4/29
mynetworks_style = host
newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix
queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix
readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.5/README_FILES
sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.6.5/samples
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix
setgid_group = postdrop
smtp_tls_note_starttls_offer = yes
smtp_use_tls = yes
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_non_fqdn_recipient
permit_mynetworks       permit_sasl_authenticated
reject_unauth_destination   reject
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_authenticated_header = no
smtpd_sasl_local_domain = domain.com
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_security_options = noanonymous
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_tls_CAfile = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/postfix/ssl/smtpd.pem
smtpd_tls_loglevel = 1
smtpd_tls_received_header = yes
smtpd_tls_session_cache_timeout = 3600s
smtpd_use_tls = yes
soft_bounce = no
tls_random_source = dev:/dev/urandom
transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 550
virtual_alias_maps =
proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps.cf,
proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_domain_maps.cf

virtual_gid_maps = static:5000
virtual_mailbox_base = /home/vmail
virtual_mailbox_domains =
proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_limit = 209715200
virtual_mailbox_maps = proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_maps.cf
virtual_minimum_uid = 100
virtual_uid_maps = static:5000


dovecot_destination_recipient_limit = 1
virtual_mailbox_domains =
proxy:mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_mailbox_domains.cf
virtual_transport = dovecot



master.cf:

# Dovecot LDA
dovecot   unix  -       n       n       -       -       pipe
  flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/libexec/dovecot/deliver -d ${recipient}