[Dovecot] Dovecot 1.2.12 + Postfix + virtual domains: delivering to system users

[Noel Butler]

On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 14:27 -0700, Ran Talbott wrote:

> On Friday 31 December 2010 08:20:48 Simone Caruso wrote:
> 
> > For local delivery u don't need dovecot lda, let postfix do it.
> 
> I can, but all the Linux users need to be aliased to "xxx at localhost" in the 
> Postfix virtual.db.  This isn't a huge problem for me,  since it's unlikely 
> we'll be adding new users more than once per year or two (for new IT staff) 
> once the system is set up.  But it means system users can't access their mail 
> via IMAP,  because the "passdb shadow" is screwing up delivery for all the 
> end users.  And it's likely to be a major hassle for other installations.
> 
> There's a way around that, of course,  but it wouldn't look good to tell the 
> company management "We're settng up this mail system for you e-peons, but the 
> IT nobility are getting a separate system of their own"  ;-)
> 
> Ran


install, migrate and use mysql - and be done with it, system users are
dangerous in this era anyway.

Happy New Year!
Noel

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