Maybe OT - postfix and catch-all accounts

[Drew Marshall]

On Mon, October 11, 2004 23:50, Brian Parish said:
> This could be a purely postfix issue, so apologies if it's a bit OT here.
>
> One of the domains I host requires a catch-all mail account - yes, I
> know - spam collector.  I understand that the way this is done is to
> put:
>
> @domain mailbox
>
> in /etc/postfix/virtual then postmap virtual
>
> But I find with this defined that some properly defined addresses for
> other domains end up having their mail directed to the catch-all.  I
> can't work out a pattern, but monitoring shows an incoming message to:
>
> valid-address at valid-domain being scanned by MailScanner, found clean and
> directed to the catch-all.  Other addresses in the same domain work
> correctly.
>
> By commenting out the catch-all account and running postmap again, these
> addresses work correctly without other alteration.
>
> Have I found a bug or a feature I don't understand?
>
What is the order that you have listed the addesses in
/etc/postfix/virtual? Postfix does work on a first match basis.

Drew


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