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.