Hmm, I fear that maybe my qestion (below) was too long, or too convoluted...
has anyone had success getting dash extensions to work with shell accounts
while using authmysql?
-j
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm stumped with an installation problem, and hoping for a sanity check.
> Courier is looking like a great replacement for Qmail for those who need a
> bit more functionality, thanks Sam! Hopefully Courier can do what I need.
>
> I've set up courier (via rpm build) on RH7.3, configured authdaemon to use
> authmysql and authpam ("authpam authmysql", so pam first?), added domains to
> esmtpacceptmailfor, and set up the custom sql query. The box has 2 IP
> addresses: one used for ssh/login (and whose ip name is returned by hostname
> [call it login.foo.com]), and a second one used for services (whose ip name
> is in /etc/courer/me [call it mx.foo.com]) -- including courier-esmtp,
> courier-pop, and courier-imap. (The primary hostname is in
> /etc/courier/locals.)
>
> esmtpacceptmailfor also contains virtual domains; for the below examples,
> let's call one of them vhost.com. Every virtual domain is associated with a
> user on the box (so, vhost.com might be 'owned' by user alice).
>
> I'm able to add entries into mysql for virtual hosts and have delivery,
> esmtp auth, pop, and imap work. (Ie, sql contains '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with
> homedir /home/alice/mailaccounts/bob-vhost.com).
>
> I'm also able to have dash extensions in these directories, provided that
> the dash file exists. (I.e., if the file
> /home/alice/mailaccounts/bob-vhost.com/.courier-default exists, with
> "./Maildir/", then mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is succesfully delivered.)
>
> Mail to local user also works (ie, mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] works), *BUT*
> mail to alice-foo (from localhost) and [EMAIL PROTECTED] fails with
> only the following message in /var/log/maillog (nothing else is written):
> 450 Service temporarily unavailable.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: invalid address.
> Mail to users defined in the sql table, say, [EMAIL PROTECTED], still works and
> goes through, so I don't understand why it's 450. (550, I could understand.)
> (Mail to undefined users in the vhost generates a bounce - no such user.)
>
> Editing authdaemonrc and removing the 'authmysql' module fixes this -- mail
> for user alice-foo (from localhost) and [EMAIL PROTECTED] work, but
> now I've lost the imap/pop addresses and virtual account authentication. No
> good.
>
> The only mentions of 'vhost.com' are in esmtpacceptmailfor and hosteddomains
> (well, in addition to the sql table). makealiases and makehosteddomains have
> been run. courier has been restarted, just in case.
>
> Now, for the RealQuestion: I need to be able to deliver mail to qmail-style
> vhost addresses, if there is no sql table match. Ie, if user alice has an
> imap/pop account for [EMAIL PROTECTED], all email for [EMAIL PROTECTED] and
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] should get routed through the sql-defined
> homedir/maildir/uid/gid, and all mail beyond that should get routed through
> ~alice/.courier-vhostcom-default. (Ie, if user alice wants to create a
> simple forward for [EMAIL PROTECTED], alice should be able to create the file
> ~alice/.courier-vhostcom-carol with the contents of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".)
>
>
> Adding '@vhost.com: alice-vhostcom' to, say, /etc/courier/aliases/vhosts,
> doesn't seem to change anything. (Yes, I did makealiases after.) Mail to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] still goes to his vhost dir correctly, mail to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] still picks up the correct dot-courier. Mail to alice
> works, mail to alice-foo fails, and mail to alice-vhostcom-whatever still
> fails (generates a bounce message). (homedir permissions: rwx-----x, owned
> by user correctly; using homedir .courier to do |id>ID \n |env>END generates
> approriate values -- the process is owned by the user, etc.
>
> So, to recap: I can't figure out why qmail-style vhost stuff isn't working
> for real users on the system. When I send mail to user-extension, I get a
> 450 error, when I send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], I get a 550 error.
>
> I'm stumped. Suggestions? Is this something as silly as not having
> configured courier to look inside the right directory for the dot-courier
> files? (But then why would it pick up ~alice/.courier for doing the ID and
> ENV commands?)
>
>
> many thanks,
> Jeff Potter
>
>
> ps. Totally side question: how does on turn of courier-fax? I don't see a
> faxstart=yes|no option...
>
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