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From: "jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:48 AM
Subject: .qmail questions
> (even if it's empty!), and I run qmail-newu, I get the following
> error:
>
> qmail-newu: fatal: bad format in users/assign
Remember the dot in the last line.
If you do "echo "." > assign", then you will be able to run qmail-newu on this empty
file;)
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>
> Here's the deal...
> I'm new to qmail, and I think it's just the coolest thing
> I've ever seen. But I am having problems with it.
>
> I have a domain in the rcpthosts and virtualdomains files
> and I want to set up a pop account for somebody on my
> domain. So I create a file called .qmail-mydomain-user
> in my home directory and put "/home/user/Maildir/" in it.
>
> When I send mail to that user, qmail cannot chdir to
> /home/user/Maildir/, so the mail isn't recieved.
>
> I've tried changing permissions on /home/user/Maildir/ but
> the mail still isn't delivered... temporary error. Don't
> know the reason for this.
>
> I've tried using the users/assign method of delivering mail to
> this user, but no matter what I put in the users/assign file
> (even if it's empty!), and I run qmail-newu, I get the following
> error:
>
> qmail-newu: fatal: bad format in users/assign
>
> Are there any workaround for my problem, or am I doing something
> wrong? Also, what is wrong with users/assign? Just for reference,
> here is the line I put in users/assign:
>
> =myuser-mydomain-nathan:nate:1035:109:/home/nate:::
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this is set to what I set in control/virtualdomains
> like:
>
> mydomain.com:myuser-mydomain
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
>
>
>
