Virtual email addresses with a DOT in postfix

Question

am using POSTFIX on ubuntu , i created some virtual emails but the following fails ! :

some.email@ymdomain.com . maybe because it has a DOT in the name ?

how can i make a virtual email with a dot ?

Answer 1

There are no issues with having a dot and you don't need to escape it... how are you doing this, by using an aliases file or a virtual alias maps?

Answer 2

Typically, users will have the same email address as their login name. To redirect emails, you either have to setup virtual address aliasing or edit your aliases file. Check the Address manipulation page of the Postfix documentation.

In the aliases or a "virtual_alias_maps" file, the format for every virtual address is:

First.LastName: loginname

Run also man 5 aliases on your server.