Victor.Duchovnimorganstanley.com
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 16:43:45 CST

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On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Luc Brouard wrote:

> > > I am using :
> > > mailbox_transport = maildrop
> > > with this transport in master.cf
> > > maildrop unix - n n - 10 pipe
> > > flags=uR user=mail argv=/usr/bin/maildrop -d ${user}
> > >
> > > And aliases are working ok. So maybe it seems to me that both
> > > (aliases and using maildrop for delivery) are possible at the same
> > > time.
> >
> > And these are for virtual users or local users? I'm still working on that
> > one...
>
> This is only with local users. (/etc/passwd), and aliases from
> /etc/aliases.
>

No, with mailbox_transport, one can deliver to users not present in the
password file (so long as local_recipient_maps is adjusted accordingly).
This said, it is not necessarily a good idea to use this mechanism for
users not in the password file, given the .forward, alias, and other
contexts where the shell users and mailbox_transport users overlap.

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        Viktor.

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