----- Original Message -----
From: "Tomasz Papszun" <tomek-postfixlodz.tpsa.pl>
To: "aaron martinez" <aaronphilngood.com>
Cc: <postfix-userspostfix.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: /var/spool/mail/$userdir?

> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 at 12:19:43 -0600, aaron martinez wrote:
> > Sorry for the HTML, it should be pllain text now
> >
> > Aaron
>
> Yes, there is.
> But quoting all this HTML junk AGAIN was even worse idea of you :-( .
> One time was one time too many.
>
> > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 at 12:03:46 -0600, aaron martinez wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> > >
> > > I searched the archives for this..and found some stuff way back in
2000 =
> > > but never saw an answer that i could decipher.
> > >
> > > I just installed RH8 and have been using Postfix for some time now on
a =
> > > Mandrake box.
> > > I'm wondering is there is a way to, instead of creating a /Maildir in
=
> > > each user's home directory, if i can send each user's mail to =
> > > /var/spool/mail/$usernamedir. I use cyrus on this machine as well. =
> > > None of my users need a home directory as none of them can log into
the =
> > > machine, so the /var/spool/mail format is much easier to backup. I do
=
> > > like the speed of the maildir format however, this outweighs the =
> > > simplicity of having everything go to /var/spool/mail.
> > >
> > > I just want to know if this is possible editing the main.conf or =
> > > master.cf
>
> [ A couple screenfuls of junk removed. ]
>
> This is described in sample-local.cf.gz:
>
> # The mail_spool_directory parameter specifies the directory where
> # UNIX-style mailboxes are kept. The default setting depends on the
> # system type. Specify a name ending in / for maildir-style delivery.
> #
> #mail_spool_directory = /var/mail
> #mail_spool_directory = /var/spool/mail
>
> Place it in main.cf.
> Note: this is a different parameter than home_mailbox.
>

I tried this but i'm running into permission errors. When postfix tried to
create the user directory in the /var/spool/mail directory, it can't. Here
is my log.

Feb 12 15:22:57 proficap01 postfix/local[862]: 42C213002C:
to=<phillocalhost.mhccom.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=bounced
(maildir delivery failed: create
/var/spool/mail/phil/tmp/1045084977.862_0.proficap01.mhccom.com: Permission
denied)
Feb 12 16:22:57 proficap01 postfix/cleanup[861]: 47A703002A:
message-id=<20030212212257.47A703002Aproficap01.mhccom.com>
Feb 12 16:22:57 proficap01 postfix/nqmgr[810]: 47A703002A: from=<>,
size=2228, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
Feb 12 15:22:57 proficap01 postfix/local[862]: 47A703002A:
to=<postfixmhccom.com>, relay=local, delay=0, status=sent (maildir)

If i manually create the user directory and then change the permissions and
ownership to the user, it works. Any way around this?

Aaron

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