On 11/13/25 10:25, dap1--- via Mailman-users wrote:

I am not understanding the documentation. I already have this in my main.cf:

transport_maps = hash:/opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_lmtp local_recipient_maps = hash:/opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_lmtp relay_domains = hash:/opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_domains

What is not explained is where/how to add the alias_domain parameter. Does it go in /opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_domains? Is it added as a new domain or as an append to the existing domain line?

The doc says in part "In order to enable this configuration, Mailman domains have an alias_domain attribute." In that sentence, domains is a link. did you follow it?

In any case, the alias_domain is added to the existing ddddddddd.net entry at https://localhost/mailman3/domains/ or if you can't do that it is added to the domain table in the mailman database, e.g.

UPDATE domain SET alias_domain = 'localhost' WHERE mail_host = 'ddddddddd.net';

After doing that, run mailman aliases to update the postfix files in /opt/mailman/mm/var/data including generating a new postfix_vmap file

As far as Postfix is concerned, I don't know what's unclear about https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/mta.ht... but what you need to do is leave the current transport_maps and relay_domains as is, but add

virtual_alias_maps = hash:/opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_vmap

and as long as your list domain is only ddddddddd.net you can remove the local_recipient_maps setting, but see the note at the end of the https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/mta.ht... section.

-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

On 11/14/25 09:01, dap1--- via Mailman-users wrote:

No joy. Here is what I did. I did the mysql update per your instructions. I then created the file /opt/mailman/var/data/virtual_aliases:

mailman@localhost mailman

I ran postmap virtual_aliases then added:

virtual_alias_maps = hash:/opt/mailman/var/data/virtual_aliases

To /etc/postfix/main.cf.

I said

I think you can solve this by instead adding 'localhost' as an alias domain for the ddddddddd.net domain and configuring Postfix per https://docs.mailman3.org/projects/mailman/en/latest/src/mailman/docs/mta.ht...

I now think that is wrong. I think you need to remove the alias domain from the domain table entry

UPDATE domain SET alias_domain = '' WHERE mail_host = 'ddddddddd.net';

And then run mailman aliases to update the postfix_* files in /opt/mailman/var/data/ THIS STEP IS IMPORTANT

Then you can remove the /opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_vmap file that should have been created previously, and edit your /opt/mailman/var/data/virtual_aliases file with this content.

llllllllll@localhost llllllllll@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-bounces@localhost llllllllll-bounces@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-confirm@localhost llllllllll-confirm@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-join@localhost llllllllll-join@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-leave@localhost llllllllll-leave@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-owner@localhost llllllllll-owner@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-request@localhost llllllllll-request@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-subscribe@localhost llllllllll-subscribe@ddddddddd.net llllllllll-unsubscribe@localhost llllllllll-unsubscribe@ddddddddd.net

-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan

On 11/14/25 11:46, dap1--- via Mailman-users wrote:

I think I may have the aliases wrong based on what fetchmail is doing. Can I send you a PM with the unsanitized fetchmail info?

Yes. Also include the contents of the /opt/mailman/var/data/postfix_* files.

-- Mark Sapiro <mark@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan