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 at 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.