On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Phil Howard wrote:

> Obviously I've picked the wrong concept here. If "local" and
> "virtual" can't be the same thing, I'm not sure how to get this
> done.

This is the first step, knowing what you don't know.

>
> When a very basic simple one-host setup is done, I don't have to
> use a map which translates a username to path (file for mailbox or
> directory for maildir). So why should it be different for virtual?
> Oh I know, because of the traditional kludge to fake virtual that
> originated with sendmail, where userdomain was translated to a
> local system user. But I don't need that. If local can deliver
> to /var/spool/mail/${user} why not allow something to deliver to
> /var/spool/vmail/${domain}/${user}. This would be such a simple
> concept and not need a map file (but certain you can have one that
> can override the default for the cases where you want something
> different done).
>

The "virtual" delivery agent is not very sophisticated. I believe that
this is in part because most sites don't use it! It is not very useful by
itself, and a complete POP/IMAP product (such as Cyrus or Courier) comes
with a dedicated delivery agent.

> It looks like what I need to do is abandon virtualizing on this
> server, and address how I want to set up the NEXT project. It seems
> figuring things out is going to take more time than I thought. The
> next project does have more time, though not enough time to develop
> a new MTA for it. Now would it be better for me to try to figure it
> out and have others fix my mistakes, or explain it up front and let
> you tell me what concept in Postfix matches up to it (if any)?
>

Yes, for now it may be simplest to deliver using "local" to shell accounts
listed in /etc/passwd. Some of us think that migrating to Courier is not
too difficult given the availability of decent HOWTO documents, but a
conservative step-by-step approach is wise. First get your server working,
then teach it new tricks.

-- 
	Viktor.
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