[Dovecot] System Users with IMAP

[Steffen Kaiser]

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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Shane Arnold wrote:

> Sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what methods are available for 
> retrieving mail for a system user i.e www-data. Basically my setup is just a 
> normal Dovecot-IMAP which is working fine for shell users, but I want to be 
> able to read mail for system users via IMAP.

I alias them to an sysop-account using subaddressing, e.g.:

root: sysop-hostname
www-data: sysop-www-data

Sieve files them into equally named mailboxes.

If your MTA is able to do so, you can use Dovecot deliver's -m 
<subaddress> option.

regards,

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Steffen Kaiser
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