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People cannot spell my name. How to add Postfix aliases.

People cannot spell my name. How to add Postfix aliases.

Under the postfix system aliases can be created so that an email addressed to a particular address can be delivered to another address. This is handy for email addresses which are often misspelled, or an alias can be used to redirect a generic email address to specific user. For example support@ can be redirected to bob@.

The process for adding aliases is as follows:

The postfix configuration file main.cf which is usually located in /etc/postfix identifies the files being used for aliases. You’re looking for the alias_database and alias_maps directives. Alternatively you can execute postconf which will identify the values in use.

In a default Ubuntu  install you are using /etc/aliases

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Ubuntu Server reboot hell, after upgrade error while mounting /proc/bus/usb

Ubuntu Server reboot hell, after upgrade error while mounting /proc/bus/usb

After upgrading a Ubuntu server from Karmic Koala (9.10) to Lucid Lynx (10.04) reboots would result in the following error “An error occurred while mounting /proc/bus/usb Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery.” Selecting the skip option the server would continue to boot. As you can imagine this problem while not showRead more about Ubuntu Server reboot hell, after upgrade error while mounting /proc/bus/usb[…]