Hello Peter,
Wednesday, February 5, 2003, 1:56:38 PM, you wrote:
PP> Hi Peter,
PP> On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 07:25:43 +0100 Peter Mikeska
PP> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I want ask U this> I have working vpopmail+qmail+courier, its about 5
>> domains, and when I make alias for some address I
>> get file .qmail-nameofalias in directory for domain
>> for every alias I make, so I decided to put it to
>> aliases only ONE file in /etc , i use fastforward , so I have write
>> one line of command to .qmail-DEFAULT but I dont know in which one,
>> .qmail-default from qmail installation seem dont work this way with
>> vpopmail, and every domain have one in dir, I tryed put it to every
>> file but wont work. so can some1 help me how to use aliases file with
>> vpopmail?
PP> There're several reasons that stand against your plan.
PP> 1.) Files ~vpopmail/domains/example.com/.qmail-*
PP> are handled natively by qmail-local.
PP> Vpopmail doesn't step in here, so they're already the most efficient
PP> "way of doing".
PP> Vpopmail only takes actions for
PP> ~vpopmail/domains/example.com/user
PP> as "vdelivermail" searches for "user" in "vpasswd.cdb" and gets
PP> directed to that directory for message storing.
PP> 2.) You will not succeed. 'fastforward' doesn't allow mailbox or maildir
PP> delivery instructions in alias file.
PP> Imagine a simple example:
PP> [EMAIL PROTECTED] should be forwared to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PP> So your key / value pair in alias file would be
PP> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PP> Your ~vpopmail/domains/example.com/.qmail-default would look like
PP> | ~vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail '' | fastforward /etc/aliases.cdb
PP> The mail comes in, vdelivermail is invoked, as no
PP> ~vpopmail/domains/example.com/.qmail-qwertz exists and
PP> ~vpopmail/domains/example.com/.qmail-default ist chosen.
PP> fastforward looks up the aliases file for
PP> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', finds it and forwards the mail.
PP> The mail gets reinjected, directed to '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
PP> qmail-local don't find
PP> ~vpopmail/domains/example.com/.qmail-postmaster, therefor
PP> .qmail-edfault is used again. Now fastforward looks for
PP> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' in aliases file. Either this
PP> key doesn't exist and the mail gets bounced or it exists and has to
PP> point to an external address, else you'll walk through this loop
PP> indefinitely (until qmail recognizes the loop by "Delivered-To"
PP> lines).
PP> At least you'll have to have a .qmail-user file for every user that
PP> should be a final recipient of a fastforward action.
PP> Well ... ain't it the best to leave the existing dot-qmail files as
PP> it's working the fastest way possible, instead off replacing them by
PP> only other dot-qmail file that achive, in the end, the same?!?
PP> P.S.: PLEASE ... disable your Reply-To for this list or set it to the
PP> lists address.
PP> 1.) Your Reply-To makes absolutely _no sense_. It's set to your
PP> From which would already be taken as "address to reply to" if no
PP> Reply-To header would be present.
PP> 2.) Your Reply-To header "destroys" the "List-Reply" functionality
PP> of some MUAs, as they're (for good reasons) configured to
PP> _first_ use Reply-To when replying, and only if absent
PP> List-Header which could be used for replying are searched.
thank you a lot, also I change reply, hope its ok ;))
so its no other way to keep out of hundreds of .qmail-something files
in dir ?
thnx anyway
Miki
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Best regards,
Peter mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
