Gentoo Archives: gentoo-server

From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-server] Postfix: Can I insert a custom header to incoming mail?
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:11:07
Message-Id: CAEH5T2PXj00d3SEO=CuzRkU=WDK8fQWrj+1ObVd3y5k79N7=MQ@mail.gmail.com
1 Hi,
2
3 The background:
4
5 Long-time Gentoo user, newbie to mail server setup. I've got a Gentoo
6 server (~amd64) and I set up Postfix and Dovecot following this guide:
7 http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Mail_server_using_Postfix_and_Dovecot
8
9 I'm using postfix-2.8.4 and dovecot-2.0.13
10
11 So far, everything works as advertised. I've added a domain, created
12 accounts, additionally I've set up sqlgrey, DKIM signing and SPF,
13 sender-ID and all of that good stuff. My sent mail goes out
14 successfully and incoming mail gets delivered to the virtual mailboxes
15 and everything's working properly as far as I can tell.
16
17 The problem:
18
19 My existing (hosted) mail server has a catch-all account so any mail
20 to the domains I own goes to me. I believe they use qmail. The
21 delivered-to header on the messages retain the address of the original
22 message, not the catch-all address to which it is forwarded. Why do I
23 care? I basically use a different address for every site or person I
24 interact with and then sort them out into folders based on the
25 delivered-to address. (For example if I bought something from Sears I
26 would use sears@×××××××.com as my email address).
27
28 With postfix, it doesn't work that way. I set up a catchall, but the
29 delivered-to: header becomes catchall@×××××××.com for all of the
30 catchall mail. I can't change my rules to use use the To: address
31 because it is not reliable (BCC, spam...).
32
33 The idea:
34
35 Assuming I can't do anything about how Postfix handles the
36 Delivered-To header, I'd like to insert a new header entry
37 (X-Originally-To: or something like that) into incoming mail before it
38 hits the catchall forward, so I can know to whom the email was
39 originally addressed... but i don't really know where to begin.
40
41 The question:
42
43 Are there any postfix gurus out there who can point me in the right
44 direction? Thanks in advance for any tips or advice (or if you want to
45 tell me that I'm doing it all wrong).
46
47 Thanks,
48 Paul

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-server] Postfix: Can I insert a custom header to incoming mail? kashani <kashani-list@××××××××.net>