expanding aliases in postfix

Contributed by Michilimackinac January 18, 2004  
Tagged: Postfix

Assuming an /etc/postfix/aliases file that looks like so:


postmaster: root
abuse: postmaster
root: kilroy


expand the aliases:


% postmap -q abuse `postconf -h alias_maps`
postmaster
% postmap -q postmaster `postconf -h alias_maps`
root
% postmap -q root `postconf -h alias_maps`
kilroy
%


Everything eventually goes to kilroy although postmap is expanding only the next alias.