[Mailman-Users] mailman + postfix
Carl Zwanzig
cpz at tuunq.com
Fri Feb 18 19:26:48 CET 2005
In a flurry of recycled electrons, [Jardar Eggesb_ Abrahamsen] wrote:
> In /etc/postfix/main.cf I am supposed to add:
>
> owner_request_special = no
>
> because:
>
> By default, Postfix treats -owner and -request addresses
> specially. Since we want Postfix to deliver such messages to
> Mailman, you should turn off this option by adding this to your
> main.cf file:
>
> owner_request_special = no
>
> What kind of problems could I get if I do not add that line? I removed it,
> and I am not aware of any problems.
Checking the postfix code (postfix-20010228-pl05, yes I know it's old):
global/split-addr.c
/* DESCRIPTION
/* split_addr() null-terminates \fIlocalpart\fR at the first
/* occurrence of the \fIdelimiter\fR character found, and
/* returns a pointer to the remainder.
/*
/* Reserved addresses are not split: postmaster, mailer-daemon,
/* double-bounce. Addresses that begin with owner-, or addresses
/* that end in -request are not split when the owner_request_special
/* parameter is set.
Suggests that 'yes' is correct, but....
local/alias.c
/* When an alias exists for recipient \fIname\fR, and an alias
/* exists for \fIowner-name\fR, the sender address is changed
/* to \fIowner-name\fR, and the owner delivery attribute is
/* set accordingly. This feature is disabled with
/* "owner_request_special = no".
suggests that 'no' is correct. I think I need to look at a newer
version of postfix.
z!
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