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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/installing/email.md | 27 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index fb8ce8a29..2d6b96fb2 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -40,16 +40,24 @@ run your site is `www-data`, and the directory where Alaveteli is installed is The Unix user should have write permissions on the directory where Alaveteli is installed. -In `/etc/postfix/main.cf`: +In `/etc/postfix/main.cf`, add the lines: - virtual_alias_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/regexp + transport_maps = regexp:/etc/postfix/transports + local_recipient_maps = proxy:unix:passwd.byname regexp:/etc/postfix/recipients And, assuming you set [`INCOMING_EMAIL_PREFIX`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#incoming_email_prefix) -in `config/general` to "foi+", create `/etc/postfix/regexp` with the following +in `config/general` to "foi+", create `/etc/postfix/transports` with the following content: - /^foi.*/ alaveteli + /^foi.*/ alaveteli + +Create `/etc/postfix/recipients` with the following content: + + /^foi.*/ this-is-ignored + /^postmaster@/ this-is-ignored + /^user-support@/ this-is-ignored + /^team@/ this-is-ignored You should also configure postfix to discard any messages sent to the [`BLACKHOLE_PREFIX`]({{ site.baseurl }}docs/customising/config/#blackhole_prefix) @@ -94,6 +102,17 @@ format. Update MTA_LOG_PATH: '/var/log/mail/mail.log-*' MTA_LOG_TYPE: "postfix" +### Making the changes live + +As the root user, make all these changes live with the following commands: + + /etc/init.d/rsyslog restart + + newaliases + postmap /etc/postfix/transports + postmap /etc/postfix/recipients + postfix reload + ### Troubleshooting (postfix) To test mail delivery, run: |