ohh.. it appears that "aliases" is for local users. So if i need to use
this file (/etc/aliases) to forward to the "outside world" i need to use
"virtual" file as pointed out here
<https://pergento.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/postfix-relayhost-and-aliases/>

... actually... the prehistoric times "~/.forward" solution still works
great.



On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 4:06 PM, Andrew Z <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Gents,
>  what is the difference between /etc/aliases and /etc/postfix/generic ?
> and why aliases is been ignored by postfix despite main.cf having:
> alias_maps = hash:/etc/aliases
> alias_database = hash:/etc/aliases
> entries enabled?
>
> i have root:[log in to unmask] in aliases, but maillog is clearly
> not happy with it....
>
>
>