On Sunday 29 February 2004 22:35, Kevin Bailey wrote: > is maildrop the default local mail delivery agent as it seems to say in the > man page. > > in which case - why is there a maildrop-courier package in the debian > package archives - what does this package do?
Courier is a suite of programs. You can install all or parts of the system. So if you download and install the courier tarball then you get the whole thing - MTA, imap/pop3 server, MDA (maidrop), webmail (sqwebmail), etc. I don't run debian but I imagine it's the same thing when packaged for debian. But if you prefer you can also just install certain parts of the suite. So you can install just the imap/pop3 server, just maildrop, just sqwebmail, etc. If you already run postfix as your MTA but want to use courier's imap server and maildrop you can download and install just those pieces. So what you are seeing is (probably) a stand-along version of maildrop for use with other MTAs. You don't need this (or any other pieces) if you install the full courier suite. (Check out "www.courier-mta.org/download.php" for a listing of the different pieces.) > and if i want to set up maildrop to handle certain email addresses in a > particualr way (all virtual domains) where is the documentation explaining > the maildrop confoguration file? Check out "man maildrop" for the overview of how maildrop works, then "man maildropfilter" for an explanation of the maildrop syntax, and then "man maildropex" for some examples of how to filter mail using maildrop. HTH. Jeff Jansen ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net is sponsored by: Speed Start Your Linux Apps Now. Build and deploy apps & Web services for Linux with a free DVD software kit from IBM. Click Now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1356&alloc_id=3438&op=click _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
