Address Maps

Address maps are used to associate one email address with another, either for the purpose of redirecting notifications generated by PureMessage (such as Quarantine Digests), or for the purpose of assigning one user's email preferences to other accounts (for End User Web Interface usage).

The default address maps (the Notifications Address Map and the Recipient Aliases Map) are implemented automatically; they are not explicitly implemented in the policy script. To use these maps, simply populate them with the desired values. Custom address maps must be implemented via a policy rule.

PureMessage processes the contents of address maps from top to bottom. Within a map, if two mappings apply to a single address, the first mapping is used. For example, if the first entry maps sales*@example.com to joe@example.com, and the second entry maps saleslocal@example.com to mary@example.com, all messages with addresses beginning with "sales" are mapped to Joe, not to Mary.

PureMessage is distributed with two address maps:

For information about populating map contents, or for information about configuring custom maps, see "Creating Lists or Maps". Also see the "Operators" and "Wildcard Usage" sections for information on matching email addresses, hostnames and IP addresses.

Related concepts
End User Management
Policy Rules
Digest Configuration
Operators
Wildcard Usage
Related tasks
Creating Lists or Maps
Editing Lists
Testing Lists or Maps
Related information
maps.conf