diff --git a/apps/base/mailgateway/kustomization.yaml b/apps/base/mailgateway/kustomization.yaml
index 0c088c7..d81a249 100644
--- a/apps/base/mailgateway/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/mailgateway/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ configMapGenerator:
     files:
       - main.cf=resources/postfix/main.cf
       - master.cf=resources/postfix/master.cf
+    options:
+      disableNameSuffixHash: true
+  - name: postfix-maps
+    files:
       - transport=resources/postfix/transport
     options:
       disableNameSuffixHash: true
diff --git a/apps/base/mailgateway/postfix-deployment.yaml b/apps/base/mailgateway/postfix-deployment.yaml
index 73fd562..26b15ed 100644
--- a/apps/base/mailgateway/postfix-deployment.yaml
+++ b/apps/base/mailgateway/postfix-deployment.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: postfix
     spec:
+      initContainers:
+        - name: postmap
+          image: tozd/postfix:alpine-322
+          command: ["/bin/sh", "-c"]
+          args:
+            - |
+              for f in /etc/postfix/maps/*; do
+                base=$(basename "$f")
+                cp "$f" /tmp/"$base"
+                postmap hash:/tmp/"$base"
+                cp /tmp/"${base}.db" /etc/postfix/db/
+              done
+          volumeMounts:
+            - name: postfix-maps
+              mountPath: /etc/postfix/maps
+              readOnly: true
+            - name: postfix-db
+              mountPath: /etc/postfix/db
       containers:
         - name: postfix
           image: tozd/postfix:alpine-322
@@ -57,27 +75,29 @@ spec:
               cpu: "1"
               memory: 512Mi
           volumeMounts:
-            # Mount main.cf and master.cf from ConfigMap using subPath
             - name: postfix-config
               mountPath: /etc/postfix/main.cf
               subPath: main.cf
             - name: postfix-config
               mountPath: /etc/postfix/master.cf
               subPath: master.cf
-            - name: postfix-config
-              mountPath: /etc/postfix/transport
-              subPath: transport
-            # TLS cert from cert-manager Certificate resource
+            - name: postfix-db
+              mountPath: /etc/postfix/transport.db
+              subPath: transport.db
             - name: postfix-tls
               mountPath: /etc/postfix/tls
               readOnly: true
-            # Persistent mail queue
             - name: spool
               mountPath: /var/spool/postfix
       volumes:
         - name: postfix-config
           configMap:
             name: postfix-config
+        - name: postfix-maps
+          configMap:
+            name: postfix-maps
+        - name: postfix-db
+          emptyDir: {}
         - name: postfix-tls
           secret:
             secretName: postfix-smtp-tls
diff --git a/apps/base/mailgateway/resources/postfix/main.cf b/apps/base/mailgateway/resources/postfix/main.cf
index b5466f7..a332760 100644
--- a/apps/base/mailgateway/resources/postfix/main.cf
+++ b/apps/base/mailgateway/resources/postfix/main.cf
@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@ alias_maps =
 alias_database =
 
 # Relay inbound mail for these domains to Stalwart
-# texthash: reads plain text without requiring postmap (Alpine has no hash/btree)
 relay_domains = main.unkin.net unkin.net
-transport_maps = texthash:/etc/postfix/transport
+transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport
 
 # rspamd milter (same namespace — short DNS name resolves)
 smtpd_milters = inet:rspamd:11332