[Dovecot] Questions

[Timo Sirainen]

On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 23:58, Alejandro Martinez wrote:
> Hi, I'm still figthing with passwd-file, virtual users and permissions.
> 
> I have created the directory /var/spool/virtual/test and inside I've done a "maildirmake Maildir".
> I have a couple of questions :
> 
> I use the same passwd-file for auth_userdb and as auth_passdb.
> 1) What program can I use to create the userdb file ? 

I do it with text editor as well.

> I think that if I want to offer virtual mail with imap is very tedious to complete user by user.

You could keep the users in LDAP or SQL and find/build some user
interface to update them easily.

> (If this second question does not fall in this list, then don't answer it)
> 2) I know that postfix delivers in Maildir format, and when the user is a virtual user, I do the next
> 
>  Modify the aliases file--> test.test.com:	/var/spool/virtual/test/Maildir
> Aug 18 15:32:44 slk90 postfix/local[12254]: 95C3717D5C: to=<test.prueba.com at slk90.equital.lx>, orig_to=<test at prueba.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced (cannot append message to destination file /var/spool/virtual/test/Maildir: cannot open file: Permission denied)

You're missing the '/' after Maildir. It's trying to open it as mbox.