The dot qmail file in the users Maildir needs to be named ".qmail" Not ".qmail-username".
Ken Jones inter7.co On Friday 14 February 2003 06:13, Thorsten Voss wrote: > hi list... > > i'm using qmailadmin on all our servers for almost one year now. > the main problem we had with it is the way local "aliases" are handled. > let's see following scenario: > > we have a mailbox and create an alias for that mailbox. > now the user owning the mailbox makes a forwarder or a vacation message. > now a email is sent to our alias... and it is delivered directly into out > mailbox - the .qmail-file in the mailbox directory IS IGNORED!!!!! > > SAME IS FOR CATCH-ALLS!!! and this is a serious problem!!! > > i've hacked the way qmailadmin creates aliases so it makes a forwarder to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. don't know if there is any better way. > > what do others think about that ?! is it a bug or a feature?! > > would it be better to change qmailadmin's way it creates aliases or to > change the vdeliver-program to recognise the .qmail-file? > > bye > thorsten voss -- - Ken Jones
