Kevin Bailey a écrit : > Hi, > > We have a server which is going to be a Samba file server and a Postfix > server where the users will access their mail over IMAP. > > We normally prefer to use Maildir storage as it seems to be recommended > over mailbox - for me, for example, I am subscribed to a dozen or so > lists and have tens if not hundreds of thousands of emails on the > server. The combination of Postfix and Courier-imap has worked > perfectly for a couple of years. > > So - in /etc/postfix/main.cf we set > > mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a "$EXTENSION" > DEFAULT=$HOME/Maildir/ MAILDIR=$HOME/Maildir >
since you're using courier, why not use maildrop instead of the procmail? > to put the mail under my home directory and to enable procmail to work. > (I can then use procmail to sort mail into subdirectories etc). > > Now, if I set up Samba as default on Debian it shares out my home > directory to Windows clients. If I allow the viewing of hidden files > then the .Maildir directory shows up on Windows where it can be explored > or even deleted. > > In my case it's not a problem because I won't (intentionally) delete > that folder - but we're setting up a server for a client with normal users. > > So, we want to separate the Maildir from the directory being shared out > over Samba. > > My question is this: > > Is it better to store the mail somewhere else entirely - i.e. > /var/mail/users or something or a new home directory (/home/mailstorage) > or something? In which case how best to set up permissions? It seems > that when the mail is stored it gets the username as the owner:group. > This should mean that logging in over imap should allow that user to > read/manipulate mail. > if you don't want the mail to belong to users, use virtual. alternatively, configure procmail/maildrop to put mail in a place that users don't "naturally" see. > Or should I try to share out a different directory via Samba. I.e. > Leave the mail in /home/username/.Maildir and get Samba to share out > /home/username/samba for example? > no. if you share the homedir, share the homedir. if mail shouldn't be shared, put it somewhere else. > Obviously, I can bodge this around with permissions etc but would prefer > any links to best practice so that we can implement the best way on all > future installs.
