[Dovecot] Dovecot MDA creates folders for nonexisting users

Robert Schetterer robert at schetterer.org
Wed Oct 20 09:00:05 EEST 2010


Am 20.10.2010 07:45, schrieb Janantha Marasinghe:
> Hi,
> I have setup postfix and dovecot and set dovecot as the LDA.my issue is that it accepts mails for non existing users and creates folders for them. Otherwise all mail delivery works fine. im using mysql for authentication. I do not see any error messages on my mail.log too.
> Thnks jay
> 
how does mails from non existing accounts get to lda check your postfix
setup, postfix shouldnt accept mails from existing emailadresses

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