Jerry Geis writes:
> I have been trying to find out if the /etc/aliases file
> can accept wildcards in the user name
>
> I was hoping that a line like or similiar:
>
> machine*: myaccount
>
> would take any name matching machine* and forward onto the myaccount
> mailbox.
>
> man aliases didnt really help me nor did I find anything else.
> Is there a way to pattern match in /etc/aliases with an * or something?
Not supported. Maybe doable in postfix with header_checks and REDIRECT.
If you control the recipient address on the sending end, you could change
it to myaccount+machine@domain and not need the alias.
Or if you know all possible values of machine*, use a script or Makefile
to generate a file with all these aliases and :include it in your main
aliases file. The disadvantage is this is not maintenance-free.
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