[solved] postfix: send mail from alias address

[itrichter]

I'm using postfix/courier setup on debian wheezy. I have set up several aliases to a mail address as redirections (e.g. contact@... -> info@... where info@ has a mailbox).

If I try to send a mail with the alias as "from" address, I get an Error:

 

Requested action not taken: mailbox unavailable
Sender address is not allowed.

 

Is this by design or a configuration problem? If it's by design, is there a way to allow this?

[itrichter]

The question came up again, so I need to revisit this.

 

I found this thread http://forum.froxlor.org/index.php/topic/11708-postfix-maincf-auth-lockern/ and the query seems to work, but I'm not certain if it is fully compatible with the current version of froxlor, since I did not have the time to fully analyse the default query.

[d00p]

just...test?! froxlor's db layout for email has not changed...

[itrichter]

Never mind, I found that the current version has this feature by default. It works for redirections as well as catchall adresses.

 

My problem was a quirk in Thunderbird: You need to set the right SMTP-Server for additional identities, since it will not always use the "default" server and login from the parent account.

[d00p]

By design. You can edit the postfix config to change that behaviour. (somewhere in the smtp sender restrictions or similar...dont know by heart)