> >>> my /home/vmail/ directories are owned by postfix. do i then need to make > >> vmail a member of the group? > >> > >> You could just execute Dovecot LDA using postfix user. > >> > > > > Therefore, ( copied from dovecot wiki, http://wiki.dovecot.org/LDA/Postfix ) > > > > > > dovecot unix - n n - - pipe > > flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/local/libexec/dovecot/deliver -f > ${sender} -d ${recipient} > > > > > > I could change the user=vmail:vmail to postfix:postfix ? > > > I just heard that Postfix doesn't allow you to do that (as you would have > noticed too). So just use vmail.
Ok. but its amazing that dovecot can deliver as vmail, a user who doesnt exist.....how does it accomplish this? [r...@fwgw vmail]# ls -l drwx------ 6 postfix postfix 4096 Feb 23 18:25 mesara.biz Do i need to changes the permissions on the above?