On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Russell Nelson wrote:
> Given /etc/passwd and the user's home directory, how do you decide
> whether an entry in /etc/passwd should receive mail? Look for a
> .qmail file and give up otherwise? That's a reasonable choice, but it
> involves creating a bunch of .qmail files, all of which are empty.
You could deliver mail if the user own his home directory OR if a
.qmail file exists.
> But also consider that qmail-local runs as the user, and if the user
> doesn't own their home directory, they can't modify their mailbox.
You don't necessarily need those rights. Maybe a maildir is used that
is owned by the user, or something like '|/usr/cyrus/bin/deliver $USER'.
Eric
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