Postfix virtual configuration example for CentOS Linux 6

Get the default configuration file virtual for Postfix, optimized for CentOS Linux 6. This example configuration ensures optimal compatibility and performance for Postfix, making it easy to set up and adjust to meet your needs.

Find and download the configuration file here: /etc/postfix/virtual.

For more configurations and setup guides, visit our related files section to further customize your system.

    # VIRTUAL(5)                                                          VIRTUAL(5)
# 
# NAME
#        virtual - Postfix virtual alias table format
# 
# SYNOPSIS
#        postmap /etc/postfix/virtual
# 
#        postmap -q "string" /etc/postfix/virtual
# 
#        postmap -q - /etc/postfix/virtual <inputfile
# 
# DESCRIPTION
#        The  optional  virtual(5)  alias  table rewrites recipient
#        addresses for all local, all virtual, and all remote  mail
#        destinations.   This  is unlike the aliases(5) table which
#        is used only for local(8) delivery.  Virtual  aliasing  is
#        recursive,  and  is  implemented by the Postfix cleanup(8)
#        daemon before mail is queued.
# 
#        The main applications of virtual aliasing are:
# 
#        o      To redirect mail for one address  to  one  or  more
#               addresses.
# 
#        o      To   implement  virtual  alias  domains  where  all
#               addresses  are  aliased  to  addresses   in   other
#               domains.
# 
#               Virtual  alias  domains are not to be confused with
#               the virtual mailbox domains  that  are  implemented
#               with  the  Postfix  virtual(8) mail delivery agent.
#               With  virtual  mailbox  domains,   each   recipient
#               address can have its own mailbox.
# 
#        Virtual  aliasing  is  applied  only to recipient envelope
#        addresses, and  does  not  affect  message  headers.   Use
#        canonical(5)   mapping  to  rewrite  header  and  envelope
#        addresses in general.
# 
#        Normally, the virtual(5) alias table  is  specified  as  a
#        text  file that serves as input to the postmap(1) command.
#        The result, an indexed file in dbm or db format,  is  used
#        for fast searching by the mail system. Execute the command
#        "postmap /etc/postfix/virtual" to rebuild an indexed  file
#        after changing the corresponding text file.
# 
#        When  the  table  is provided via other means such as NIS,
#        LDAP or SQL, the same lookups are  done  as  for  ordinary
#        indexed files.
# 
#        Alternatively,  the  table  can  be provided as a regular-
#        expression map where patterns are given as regular expres-
#        sions,  or lookups can be directed to TCP-based server. In
#        those case, the lookups are done in a  slightly  different
#        way  as  described below under "REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES"
#        or "TCP-BASED TABLES".
# 
# CASE FOLDING
#        The search string is folded to lowercase  before  database
#        lookup.  As  of Postfix 2.3, the search string is not case
#        folded with database types such as regexp: or pcre:  whose
#        lookup fields can match both upper and lower case.
# 
# TABLE FORMAT
#        The input format for the postmap(1) command is as follows:
# 
#        pattern result
#               When pattern matches a mail address, replace it  by
#               the corresponding result.
# 
#        blank lines and comments
#               Empty  lines and whitespace-only lines are ignored,
#               as are lines whose first  non-whitespace  character
#               is a `#'.
# 
#        multi-line text
#               A  logical  line starts with non-whitespace text. A
#               line that starts with whitespace continues a  logi-
#               cal line.
# 
# TABLE SEARCH ORDER
#        With lookups from indexed files such as DB or DBM, or from
#        networked tables such as NIS, LDAP or  SQL,  patterns  are
#        tried in the order as listed below:
# 
#        user@domain address, address, ...
#               Redirect  mail  for  user@domain  to address.  This
#               form has the highest precedence.
# 
#        user address, address, ...
#               Redirect mail for user@site to address when site is
#               equal  to $myorigin, when site is listed in $mydes-
#               tination, or when it is listed in  $inet_interfaces
#               or $proxy_interfaces.
# 
#               This  functionality  overlaps with functionality of
#               the local aliases(5) database.  The  difference  is
#               that virtual(5) mapping can be applied to non-local
#               addresses.
# 
#        @domain address, address, ...
#               Redirect mail for other users in domain to address.
#               This form has the lowest precedence.
# 
#               Note:  @domain  is a wild-card. With this form, the
#               Postfix SMTP server accepts mail for any  recipient
#               in  domain,  regardless  of  whether that recipient
#               exists.  This may turn  your  mail  system  into  a
#               backscatter  source: Postfix first accepts mail for
#               non-existent recipients and then  tries  to  return
#               that  mail  as  "undeliverable" to the often forged
#               sender address.
# 
# RESULT ADDRESS REWRITING
#        The lookup result is subject to address rewriting:
# 
#        o      When the result  has  the  form  @otherdomain,  the
#               result  becomes the same user in otherdomain.  This
#               works only for the first address in a multi-address
#               lookup result.
# 
#        o      When  "append_at_myorigin=yes", append "@$myorigin"
#               to addresses without "@domain".
# 
#        o      When "append_dot_mydomain=yes", append ".$mydomain"
#               to addresses without ".domain".
# 
# ADDRESS EXTENSION
#        When a mail address localpart contains the optional recip-
#        ient delimiter (e.g., user+foo@domain), the  lookup  order
#        becomes: user+foo@domain, user@domain, user+foo, user, and
#        @domain.
# 
#        The  propagate_unmatched_extensions   parameter   controls
#        whether  an  unmatched  address extension (+foo) is propa-
#        gated to the result of table lookup.
# 
# VIRTUAL ALIAS DOMAINS
#        Besides virtual aliases, the virtual alias table can  also
#        be used to implement virtual alias domains. With a virtual
#        alias domain,  all  recipient  addresses  are  aliased  to
#        addresses in other domains.
# 
#        Virtual alias domains are not to be confused with the vir-
#        tual mailbox domains that are implemented with the Postfix
#        virtual(8)  mail  delivery  agent.  With  virtual  mailbox
#        domains, each recipient address can have its own  mailbox.
# 
#        With  a  virtual  alias domain, the virtual domain has its
#        own user name space. Local  (i.e.  non-virtual)  usernames
#        are  not visible in a virtual alias domain. In particular,
#        local aliases(5) and local mailing lists are  not  visible
#        as localname@virtual-alias.domain.
# 
#        Support for a virtual alias domain looks like:
# 
#        /etc/postfix/main.cf:
#            virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual
# 
#        Note: some systems use dbm databases instead of hash.  See
#        the output  from  "postconf  -m"  for  available  database
#        types.
# 
#        /etc/postfix/virtual:
#            virtual-alias.domain     anything (right-hand content does not matter)
#            postmaster@virtual-alias.domain  postmaster
#            user1@virtual-alias.domain       address1
#            user2@virtual-alias.domain       address2, address3
# 
#        The  virtual-alias.domain anything entry is required for a
#        virtual alias domain. Without this entry, mail is rejected
#        with  "relay  access  denied", or bounces with "mail loops
#        back to myself".
# 
#        Do not specify virtual alias domain names in  the  main.cf
#        mydestination or relay_domains configuration parameters.
# 
#        With  a  virtual  alias  domain,  the  Postfix SMTP server
#        accepts  mail  for  known-user@virtual-alias.domain,   and
#        rejects   mail  for  unknown-user@virtual-alias.domain  as
#        undeliverable.
# 
#        Instead of specifying the virtual alias  domain  name  via
#        the  virtual_alias_maps table, you may also specify it via
#        the main.cf virtual_alias_domains configuration parameter.
#        This  latter parameter uses the same syntax as the main.cf
#        mydestination configuration parameter.
# 
# REGULAR EXPRESSION TABLES
#        This section describes how the table lookups  change  when
#        the table is given in the form of regular expressions. For
#        a description of regular expression lookup  table  syntax,
#        see regexp_table(5) or pcre_table(5).
# 
#        Each  pattern  is  a regular expression that is applied to
#        the entire address being looked up. Thus, user@domain mail
#        addresses  are  not  broken up into their user and @domain
#        constituent parts, nor is user+foo broken up into user and
#        foo.
# 
#        Patterns  are applied in the order as specified in the ta-
#        ble, until a pattern is  found  that  matches  the  search
#        string.
# 
#        Results  are  the  same as with indexed file lookups, with
#        the additional feature that parenthesized substrings  from
#        the pattern can be interpolated as $1, $2 and so on.
# 
# TCP-BASED TABLES
#        This  section  describes how the table lookups change when
#        lookups are directed to a TCP-based server. For a descrip-
#        tion of the TCP client/server lookup protocol, see tcp_ta-
#        ble(5).  This feature is not available up to and including
#        Postfix version 2.4.
# 
#        Each lookup operation uses the entire address once.  Thus,
#        user@domain mail addresses are not broken  up  into  their
#        user and @domain constituent parts, nor is user+foo broken
#        up into user and foo.
# 
#        Results are the same as with indexed file lookups.
# 
# BUGS
#        The table format does not understand quoting  conventions.
# 
# CONFIGURATION PARAMETERS
#        The  following  main.cf parameters are especially relevant
#        to this topic. See the Postfix  main.cf  file  for  syntax
#        details  and  for default values. Use the "postfix reload"
#        command after a configuration change.
# 
#        virtual_alias_maps
#               List of virtual aliasing tables.
# 
#        virtual_alias_domains
#               List of virtual alias domains. This uses  the  same
#               syntax as the mydestination parameter.
# 
#        propagate_unmatched_extensions
#               A  list  of  address rewriting or forwarding mecha-
#               nisms that propagate an address extension from  the
#               original  address  to  the result.  Specify zero or
#               more  of  canonical,   virtual,   alias,   forward,
#               include, or generic.
# 
#        Other parameters of interest:
# 
#        inet_interfaces
#               The  network  interface  addresses that this system
#               receives mail on.  You need to stop and start Post-
#               fix when this parameter changes.
# 
#        mydestination
#               List  of  domains  that  this mail system considers
#               local.
# 
#        myorigin
#               The domain that is appended  to  any  address  that
#               does not have a domain.
# 
#        owner_request_special
#               Give special treatment to owner-xxx and xxx-request
#               addresses.
# 
#        proxy_interfaces
#               Other interfaces that this machine receives mail on
#               by way of a proxy agent or network address transla-
#               tor.
# 
# SEE ALSO
#        cleanup(8), canonicalize and enqueue mail
#        postmap(1), Postfix lookup table manager
#        postconf(5), configuration parameters
#        canonical(5), canonical address mapping
# 
# README FILES
#        Use "postconf readme_directory" or  "postconf  html_direc-
#        tory" to locate this information.
#        ADDRESS_REWRITING_README, address rewriting guide
#        DATABASE_README, Postfix lookup table overview
#        VIRTUAL_README, domain hosting guide
# 
# LICENSE
#        The  Secure  Mailer  license must be distributed with this
#        software.
# 
# AUTHOR(S)
#        Wietse Venema
#        IBM T.J. Watson Research
#        P.O. Box 704
#        Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
# 
#                                                                     VIRTUAL(5)

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