[SOLVED] Add an alias file

[ivieweb]

Hello,

I have installed Zimbra Release 6.0.1_GA_1816.DEBIAN5_64 DEBIAN5_64 FOSS edition. I need to add an extra alias file to the postfix configuration. I modified the /opt/zimbra/postfix/conf/main.cf file with this:

alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases,hash:/etc/mail/sympa_aliases

And after that I run the command:

# /opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/newaliases

But, now the mail service is not working because of:

Jan 4 14:34:43 estafeta1 postfix/smtpd[16471]: fatal: open database /etc/mail/sympa_aliases.db: No such file or directory

The .db file is not created by the newaliases command. How can I create the .db file?

Thanks.

[jummo]

Run

/opt/zimbra/postfix/sbin/postmap /etc/mail/sympa_aliases

as root.

[ivieweb]

I run this command and I generate the sympa_aliases.db file. But I get warnings. For example, in the sympa_aliases file there is a line with the following text:

sympa: "| /home/sympa/bin/queue sympa@ivie.es"

and the previous command gives this warning:

postmap: warning: /etc/mail/sympa_aliases, line 1: record is in "key: value" format; is this an alias file?

The problem is when I send a mail to sympa@ivie.es, that is the domain of this server, or sympa@estafeta1.ivie.es, that is the server's name, I receive an automatic response message that says that the user doesn't exist.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks.

[jummo]

Sorry, you have to use postalias instead of postmap

[ivieweb]

Sorry, you have to use postalias instead of postmap

Ok, this solves the problem of the warning, but it cotinues failing because of it doesn't recognize the user. I get the automatic response message saying that the user doesn't exist.

Thanks.

[uxbod]

Add Alias To Script - Zimbra :: Wiki

[ivieweb]

Finally, I solved the problem using the advices in this page that it's accesible from the above link.

Thanks all.