im about to sit down an read the entire postfix manuals...

[BSDServer Redes e Servidores]

I manage an Internet Provider with decentralized pop3/imap servers,
that receive all incoming mail in one server and redistributes using
virtusertable. We manage 4000 emails accounts.
Easy to configure and test. Works great for us.

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---------- Original Message -----------
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr>
To: Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Sent: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:14:11 +0300
Subject: Re: im about to sit down an read the entire postfix manuals...

> On 2006-07-22 18:04, Jonathan Horne <freebsd at dfwlp.com> wrote:
> > On Saturday 22 July 2006 17:55, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > > On 2006-07-22 16:20, Jonathan Horne <jhorne at dfwlp.com> wrote:
> > > > my problem: i have 5 domains that my sendmail server recieves mail
> > > > for, and im starting to get spammed at name1 at domain1.com as well
> > > > as name1 at domain2.com etc etc.  realistically, name1 only needs to
> > > > receive at domain1, and none of the others.  there are many other
> > > > accounts that only need to recieve at other specific domains, and
> > > > not at any of them.
> > >
> > > Are you using virtusertable for the domains?  Then you can use something
> > > like this in `/etc/mail/virtusertable':
> > >
> > > 	name1 at domain1.com	name1
> > > 	@domain1.com		550: User unknown
> > >
> > > 	name2 at domain2.com	name2
> > > 	@domain2.com		550: User unknown
> > >
> > > You don't have to replace your mailserver then :)
> > 
> > im actually a little proud of myself... just as this mail was comming
> > in, i am finishing up my testing/deployment of this exact
> > configuration.  this was exactly what im looking for.
> 
> Excellent!  :)
> 
> > of my 5 domains, i probably have 10 addresses on 1, and then the rest
> > have either 1 or 2.  i think for now this configuration is going to be
> > exactly what i am looking for, but i wonder what larger organizations
> > who use only sendmail, and have this sort of requirment, if this is
> > what they do too?
> 
> I don't know about large organizations.  We[1] use this scheme in our
> mail servers for a moderate amount of domains.  It suits our limited
> needs quite fine.
> 
> [1] The team of admins of HELLUG, the Hellenic Linux Users' Group.
> 
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