From: Dave Morrow (david.morrowautodata.net)
Date: Wed Aug 08 2007 - 13:09:06 CDT

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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-postfix-userspostfix.org
[mailto:owner-postfix-userspostfix.org] On Behalf Of Wietse Venema
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 11:50 AM
To: Postfix users
Subject: Re: Avoiding Restart when Adding Mailboxes

Dave Morrow:
> I am using Postfix with mySQL. I have an external process which adds
> mailboxes simply by adding records to the appropriate mySQL tables.
>
> My question is: Is there some way to have postfix recognize the new
> mailbox without performing a restart?

Ralf:
>Who says you need to restart?

Dave:
> Well, it seems that's the only way postfix sees the new mailboxes.
> I get unknown user until I restart, then it works.

How long does it take before Postfix recognizes the new user?

        Wietse

Actually, it did seem to start recognizing it after about 10mins.

Thanks to everyone for the help. This is good enough for my needs :)

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