I have a few emails in my mailq which are bounced for a good reason, the email address is wrong. I was wondering if it is possible to modify the address of the recipient on the fly. I can see the directory where the mail deferred are stored and I could probably change something there, but i am wondering if there is a proper way to do this.
Any thought?
The best way (or the least intrusive way) would be to have an address rewrite for that recipient. From the Postfix Address Rewriting
/etc/postfix/main.cf:
smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic
/etc/postfix/generic:
his@localdomain.local hisaccount@hisisp.example
Following this example, you could try:
cd /etc/postfix
Add to the generic file or create it with:
yourbadlyspelledname@destination.com you_name@destination.com
and build the associated map:
sudo postmap generic
Add to main.cf:
smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic
make Postfix load this configuration change:
sudo postfix reload
smtpd will use generic to rewrite the problematic address upon next scan of queue.
