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List:       postfix-users
Subject:    Re: Cannot send mail to local addresses
From:       wietse () porcupine ! org (Wietse Venema)
Date:       2004-04-30 16:52:12
Message-ID: 20040430165212.5D85CBC085 () spike ! porcupine ! org
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Victor.Duchovni@MorganStanley.com:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004, Magnus B?ck wrote:
> 
> > No, setting
> >
> >    mydestination = localhost
> >
> > will cause mail to localhost to be delivered locally.
> 
> It will cause no mail to be delivered locally, since localhost will be
> converted to localhost.$mydomain before it is compared against
> mydestination.

Actually this is a little dark Postfix secret. Apparently some
sites actually have a user@tld address. Debian Postfix by default
does not append .mydomain.

The "correct" way is to make address rewriting dependent on the
DNS, but that is something I do not want to do.

	Wietse
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