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I have set up Dovecot and Postfix using this tutorial, which works for receiving and sending mail. The aliases also work fine, although only for local users. I.e. I can make a forward from [email protected] to [email protected], where only realaddress is defined as a virtual user (using MySQL). What I want to do is forward to an external address, such as Gmail or another mailserver. All my config-files are exactly as stated in the link above. I've tried adding

virtual_alias_domains =

to postfix/main.cf, but that didn't solve anything.

Also manually adding the domains there, i.e.

virtual_alias_domains = forwarddomain.com

didn't work. The error I get is

to=<[email protected]>, orig_to=<[email protected]>, relay=mydomain.com[private/dovecot-lmtp], delay=0.07, delays=0.05/0.01/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (host mydomain.com[private/dovecot-lmtp] said: 550 5.1.1 <[email protected]> User doesn't exist: [email protected] (in reply to RCPT TO command)).

Output of postconf -n:

alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
append_dot_mydomain = no
biff = no
config_directory = /etc/postfix
content_filter = scan:127.0.0.1:10026
inet_interfaces = all
mailbox_size_limit = 0
mydestination = localhost
myhostname = mydomain.com
mynetworks = 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128
myorigin = /etc/mailname
readme_directory = no
receive_override_options = no_address_mappings
recipient_delimiter = +
relayhost =
smtp_tls_session_cache_database = btree:${data_directory}/smtp_scache
smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name (Ubuntu)
smtpd_recipient_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, permit_mynetworks, reject_unauth_destination
smtpd_relay_restrictions = permit_mynetworks permit_sasl_authenticated defer_unauth_destination
smtpd_sasl_auth_enable = yes
smtpd_sasl_path = private/auth
smtpd_sasl_type = dovecot
smtpd_tls_auth_only = no
smtpd_tls_cert_file = /etc/ssl/certs/dovecot.pem
smtpd_tls_key_file = /etc/ssl/private/dovecot.pem
smtpd_use_tls = yes
virtual_alias_domains =
virtual_alias_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-alias-maps.cf
virtual_mailbox_domains = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-domains.cf
virtual_mailbox_maps = mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql-virtual-mailbox-maps.cf
virtual_transport = lmtp:unix:private/dovecot-lmtp
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  • What's the error message when virtual_alias_maps was empty? Is it same as above?
    – masegaloeh
    Jan 16, 2015 at 22:12
  • Yes, the error is exactly the same.
    – Ashwin
    Jan 16, 2015 at 22:32
  • The page of virtual_transport states that this is the default mail delivery transport final delivery to domains listed with $virtual_mailbox_domains. Did you add forwarddomain.com in virtual_mailbox_domains table?
    – masegaloeh
    Jan 17, 2015 at 1:23
  • I added the forwarddomain.com there, but that doesn't make any difference: the error is the same. If I add the user it all works fine, as it is a local delivery, and the mail gets delivered.
    – Ashwin
    Jan 17, 2015 at 12:06
  • Can you enable debug_peer_list when postfix reject email? See postfix.org/DEBUG_README.html#debug_peer
    – masegaloeh
    Jan 20, 2015 at 4:36

1 Answer 1

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Finally found the answer, turned out postfix was trying to connect to gmail using ipv6. To fix this, configure ipv6 on the server, or like I did, disable ipv6 in /etc/postfix/main.cf by adding the following line:

inet_protocols = ipv4

and restarting postfix:

service postfix restart

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