[Dovecot] Configuring for virtual users

Odhiambo WASHINGTON odhiambo.raburu at wananchi.com
Sun Dec 10 05:10:25 UTC 2006


* On 09/12/06 16:45 -0500, Gerard Seibert wrote:
| I haven't tried this yet; however, I would like to know if it would work.
| 
| Using Postfix, I am setting up numerous virtual users. These users
| obviously do not have an account on the mail server. I have created a
| "domain.net" account. Assuming that Postfix is properly set up to
| deliver to the specified accounts, which will be held under the
| "domain.net" directory, will this work in the dovecot.conf file:
| 
| 	#   default_mail_env = maildir:/var/mail/%d/%u
| 
| or do I need to modify it somehow?

User login is in the form of user at domain and mail is stored in maildir 
format? Then

mail_location = maildir:/var/mail/%d/%n/Maildir


default_mail_env was renamed to mail_location, I think since rc15.


-Wash

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