On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, pedro wrote:
> Hi all,
> what is the difference between .../qmail/alias and .../qmail/users ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
qmail delivers mail as follows:
is the domain portion of the address a local or virtualdomain
no -> deliver remotely
yes -> deliver locally
does the user portion of the address have an entry in
/var/qmail/users/cdb (as built from
/var/qmail/users/assign)
yes -> deliver mail according to the .qmail file
referenced by the cdb entry
no -> does the user portion of the address match a
user according to getpwnam()
yes -> deliver the mail to that user
no -> is there a corresponding .qmail-user file
in /var/qmail/alias
yes -> deliver the mail according to the
delivery instructions in that file
no -> bounce the message.
This is a little simplified as it doesn't describe user-ext style
addresses, but it gives you a good idea of the flow. Have a look at
the qmail pictures which should be in /var/qmail/doc. They give a
better description of each type of delivery. Also see the qmail-users
man page.
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Regards
Peter
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