Postfix: local aliases vs virtual mailboxes
 

Hello,

As a newbie I need advices concerning Postfix accounts
method.
I am dithering between aliases to local system
accounts and virtual mailboxes.

I have only a domain to manage (so virtual mailboxes
are not mandatory, only an option)

But I need a good level of security

So :

- alias to local accounts with /bin/false for users in
/etc/passwd plus netfilter and pam restriction (ssh
...)

- virtual mailboxes

Thanks for reply




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Postfix: local aliases vs virtual mailboxes
 

On 2007-12-13T17:55:08+0100, Stephane Durieux wrote:
> But I need a good level of security
>
> So :
>
> - alias to local accounts with /bin/false for users in
> /etc/passwd plus netfilter and pam restriction (ssh
> ...)
>
> - virtual mailboxes

If you do not need the accounts then use virtual mailboxes, otherwise
use (plain) aliases.

I alias all system accounts to root, and root to user accounts for
administrators (i.e. me). On my personal work-station I also have a
virtual alias:

allan allan@vent

so mail send from this host to myself is delivered locally instead of
sent to my central mail server (replyhost).


/Allan


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