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@@ -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