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Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> Here is a hopefully not very contrived example.  I am the admin of just one
> machine within a larger domain.  The domain has a wildcard MX record, so
> all network mail is delivered to a central mail hub, a machine I do not
> have root access on.

Sure, having no control of your system's MX record *and* wanting to
receive mail there is the NORM!  No other configuration should even be
supported.  What was I thinking?

> So to finally answer the question, local mailboxes should not be expanded.

It would be useful to 99.9% of all users, but not to you, so it should
not be offered as an option.  Very sensible.  Thanks for your help.

 - Pat