On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Joel Reicher wrote:
} > For those who don't care about procmail, the way I got Postfix working was
} > to setuid dmail [err...is there another way?] and edit master.cf:
}
} Do you mean setuid root for tmail? dmail should not be setuid.
Ack...yes, I meant tmail; tmail needs to be setuid for it to work in
postifx.
} > tmail unix - n n - - pipe
} > flags=DR eol=\r\n user=nobody argv=/usr/sbin/tmail ${user}
}
} You'll want the "u" flag also. I would also suggest getting rid of the
} "D" and "R" flags and using "-f ${sender}" with the tmail argv instead.
Ok. If I decide to go the tmail route, I will change that; but why
{sender} and not {user}?
} > NOTE: mailbox_transport *overwrites* mailbox_command. So if you set both,
} > only mailbox_transport will be honored. My mailbox_command was [and still
} > is]:
} >
} > mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -Y -a $DOMAIN
}
} It is correct to use mailbox_transport and not mailbox_command for tmail
} because AFAIK mailbox_command doesn't let you set the EOL correctly,
} amongst other things.
Yes, and in the postfix main.cf file, the comments for mailbox_transport
also state that it has precedence over mailbox_command.
} > The problem with the above setup is that procmail is cut out.
}
} You've asked postfix to pipe to tmail for local delivery; either an
} alias or a .forward file will take precedence over mailbox_transport, so
} if you want to configure use of procmail per-user then use one of these
} mechanisms. If tmail is not correct for the "default" local delivery
} mechanism, don't use the configuration you have.
Well, all users will be using procmail, which is why I am currently doing
the dmail thing. It's been a long time [SunOS v4?] since I've used a
.forward to invoke procmail, but from what you say above, it sounds like
putting a .forward and piping to procmail would get around using tmail. If
that is the case, why not just have dmail setup? Eg: Have postfix deliver
to procmail, which uses dmail to save e.mails into mix format for the IMAP
server? Since I am calling procmail anyway, isn't there less overheard by
removing tmail from the picture?
[convert many unix mailboxes to mix format]
} A script that calls mixcvt would be best. How you prevent folder
} modification during conversion is site-dependent. You might want to
} stop postfix and disable a small number of accounts, convert them, then
} repeat for other accounts.
That's the plan; just turn postfix off for a bit, disable IMAP and user
login, and use a script that calls mixcvt. I have yet to write such a
script though. :)
Thanks very much for the tmail arg tips and clarifying how one can call
procmail if one uses tmail; I had completely forgotten about .forward and
modifying the /etc/aliases file!
/vjl/
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