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I asked this question two months ago and got nary an answer. In fact I earned the tumbleweed badge for asking a question that garnered so little interest.

However, this seems like a straightforward question with a definitive answer and I really need to be able to do this.

If there’s still no answers I’d sure appreciate if anyone has any ideas about any other forums that might help me out. I tried asking godaddy but I guess I don’t spend enough money with them for this level of support.

Thanks and here’s the question:

I’m using a godaddy virtual dedicated
server, and the default email server
that comes bundled with it is postfix.
There is even a way to add domains and
user accounts through the godaddy
control panel.

I am trying to figure out (1) exactly
what it is they are doing to create
new accounts via the control panel,
and then (2) how to do that via a
Linux shell script.

I have never used postfix and have
been trying to wade through the man
pages and other documentation. It
appears that when the user accounts
are associated with a domain, then the
user accounts are “virtual”. So far
I’ve discovered that when I use the
godaddy control panel to add a new
email account, it adds an entry into
/etc/postfix/turbopanel/virtual_alias.
Then, that entry also seems to get
committed to the binary
virtual_alias.db in the same
directory.

I have manually replicated the process
of adding a new email address to the
virtual_alias file and then running
postmap
/etc/postfix/turbopanel/virtual_alias
to get the entry into the
virtual_alias.db file. This works, but
some steps are missing: I am not able
to send email to the added user, and
the user doesn’t show up in the
godaddy control panel.

I don’t think a new Linux account
needs to be created for the virtual
alias. The accounts created via the
control panel DO NOT have an
associated entry in /etc/passwd.

Any help is much appreciated.

Jeremy

Answer 1

Did you want to create virtual mailboxes or forwarders for these virtual users?

see doc on
virtual_mailbox_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/vmailbox
/etc/postfix/vmailbox

Tim
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