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ToolVox® X3
Administrator Guide
anddbmareusedasthedatabasetype.Acommonchoiceforthisvaluemightbehash:/etc/postx/
canonical.
Tables for RECIPIENT addresses
Thisparameterconguresaddressmappingonlyonrecipientaddressesandnotsenderaddresses.
Mappingisperformedonbothenvelopesandheaders.Theselookupsareperformedbeforethe
conguredAddress mapping lookup tables. This option correlates to the recipient_canonical_
mapsdirectiveandisdisabledbydefault.
Tables for SENDER addresses
Thisconguresmappingforsenderaddressesonlyandnotrecipientaddresses.Bothenvelopeand
headerinformationismodied.Thisoptioncorrelatestothesender_canonical_mapsdirectiveandis
disabledbydefault.
Editing Canonical Mappings
Oncealenameisselectedforanyofthecanonicalmappingtables,itmaybeeditedbyclicking
the appropriate Edit...buttons.Anewpagewillopen,listinganyexistingmappingsandallowingthe
creationofnewmappings.Theformatofmappingsinalllesisthesame.
Canonicalmappingsmayseem,onthesurface,tobesimilartoaliasesorvirtualdomains.However,
theyarequitedistinctandareusefulforotherpurposes.Whilealiasesmerelymakeadecision
aboutwhichuserwillreceiveanemailandvirtualdomainsonlyimpacttheenvelopeaddress,the
canonicalmappingaltersboththeenvelopeaddressandtheSMTPheaderaddress.Thischange
canbeusedtomakemailappeartocomefromadifferentuserordomain,ordirectmailtoa
differentuserordomainbychangingtheaddressonthemessage.
Forexample,ifIhaveanumberoflocalsubdomains,butwouldlikeallmailtoappeartooriginate
fromasingledomain,itispossibletocreateacanonicalmappingtomakethetranslations.Inthe
Edit a Mappage,theNamewillbeasubdomainthatismappedtothedomain,suchas@lab.
swelltech.com.TheMapsto...valuewillsimplybethedomainI’dlikethissubdomainconverted
to,@swelltech.com.Aftersavingthemappingandapplyingchanges,alloutgoingmailfromlab.
swelltech.comwillappeartooriginatefromswelltech.com.
Virtual Domains
ThisfunctionalityinPostxprovidesameanstoredirectmessagestodifferentlocationsbyaltering
themessageenvelopeaddress.Theheaderaddressisnotalteredbyavirtualdomainmapping.
Whilesomefunctionalityofvirtualdomainsoverlapswithfeaturesavailableinaliases,itcanbeused
forlocalornon-localaddresses,whilealiasescanonlybeusedforlocaladdress.
Domain mapping lookup tables
Muchlikealiasestablesandcanonicalmappingtables,thisissimplythepathtoalecontainingthe
mappingtablesforvirtualdomains.Thisisusuallysomethingalongthelinesofhash:/etc/postx/
virtual,andmustbeconvertedtoadatabaseformatinPostx.Webminwillperformthedatabase
generationstepforyou.
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