[BlueOnyx:26368] Duplication of email delivery based on /etc/mail/aliases
Chad Bersche
chad at bersche.com
Fri Jul 28 08:56:19 -05 2023
Since my switch to Postfix, just a few days ago, I've noticed that, for
some odd reason, I'm now getting two emails, rather than one based on
entries in my aliases file.
My /etc/mail/aliases contains the following line:
bjb: bjb, chadb
I have a dedicated account for my elderly mother where she gets her
ebills sent to. To make sure none are missed, I send a copy also to my
own account, with her knowledge. This had been working flawlessly using
Sendmail: each account would get a (single) copy of each email sent to
that account.
I switched to Postfix earlier this week, and since then, I get two
emails delivered to the chadb account, but still only a single one to
the bjb account. I suspect this has something to do with the different
way that Postfix handles determining if there are duplicates in a
delivery vs Sendmail, but I'm at a bit of a loss to figure out if
there's any way for me to stop this from happening. It's not a huge
deal, but it's making duplicates that aren't needed.
Any mitigation suggestions are much appreciated!
-- Chad
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