Comments on: How to create Postfix database files

By: Geoff Kendal

Geoff Kendal — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:12:29 +0000

I always forget this too… My solution was to just put a comment at the top of my virtual.cf file:

# postmap /etc/postfix/virtual.cf && /etc/init.d/postfix restart

So when I’ve finished editing, copy that line, save the file, paste onto the prompt… You don’t even have to look at your blog, it just there waiting for you!!

By: Mihai Secasiu

Mihai Secasiu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:38:20 +0000

Editing the files and running postmap is fun but webmin/virtualmin is faster and you don’t have to remember to postmap

By: Donncha

Donncha — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:32:59 +0000

Me too. I stared at the command prompt thinking it was “hash” something or other. It’s actually not that easy to find an answer either. I had to check more than a page or two to find postmap.

Not anymore eh?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:51:06 +0000

It gets me every time too. I sit there thinking that I know I have to rebuild the hash files but I can never remember the command – probably because of its name, which although technically correct in that its to do with postfix map files, isn’t that obvious.

By: Joe Jacobs

Joe Jacobs — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:47:13 +0000

Funnily enough I do the same thing quite often as well. Guess I’ll just have to remember to check your blog next time!