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diff --git a/man/man5/virtual.5 b/man/man5/virtual.5 index 5a66c7f..e03a500 100644 --- a/man/man5/virtual.5 +++ b/man/man5/virtual.5 @@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ Postfix virtual alias table format .SH DESCRIPTION .ad .fi -The optional \fBvirtual\fR(5) alias table rewrites recipient -addresses for all local, all virtual, and all remote mail -destinations. -This is unlike the \fBaliases\fR(5) table which is used -only for \fBlocal\fR(8) delivery. This feature is implemented +The optional \fBvirtual\fR(5) alias table (virtual_alias_maps) +applies to all recipients: local(8), virtual, and remote. +This feature is implemented in the Postfix \fBcleanup\fR(8) daemon before mail is queued. +This is unlike the \fBaliases\fR(5) table (alias_maps) which +applies only to \fBlocal\fR(8) recipients. + Virtual aliasing is recursive; to terminate recursion for a specific address, alias that address to itself. @@ -270,8 +271,9 @@ this topic. See the Postfix \fBmain.cf\fR file for syntax details and for default values. Use the "\fBpostfix reload\fR" command after a configuration change. .IP "\fBvirtual_alias_maps ($virtual_maps)\fR" -Optional lookup tables that alias specific mail addresses or domains -to other local or remote addresses. +Optional lookup tables with aliases that apply to all recipients: +\fBlocal\fR(8), virtual, and remote; this is unlike alias_maps that apply +only to \fBlocal\fR(8) recipients. .IP "\fBvirtual_alias_domains ($virtual_alias_maps)\fR" Postfix is the final destination for the specified list of virtual alias domains, that is, domains for which all addresses are aliased @@ -282,8 +284,8 @@ key to the lookup result. .PP Other parameters of interest: .IP "\fBinet_interfaces (all)\fR" -The network interface addresses that this mail system receives -mail on. +The local network interface addresses that this mail system +receives mail on. .IP "\fBmydestination ($myhostname, localhost.$mydomain, localhost)\fR" The list of domains that are delivered via the $local_transport mail delivery transport. @@ -296,7 +298,7 @@ Enable special treatment for owner\-\fIlistname\fR entries in the \fIlistname\fR\-request address localparts when the recipient_delimiter is set to "\-". .IP "\fBproxy_interfaces (empty)\fR" -The network interface addresses that this mail system receives mail +The remote network interface addresses that this mail system receives mail on by way of a proxy or network address translation unit. .SH "SEE ALSO" .na |