Rodman Frowert wrote: > Brian, > > Thank you for your reply. That is a long way to go to simply change > the location that Postfix delivers to. Is that the only way. > > I should be using Virtual Users anyway, as I'm the only one who > actually needs shell access. Everyone else is just needs mail...
The only other way is to use a non-Postfix delivery agent that will support this. Research the change to virtual vs another delivery agent. Note: other agents are executed as the UNIX user unless you write a custom transport in master.cf. A virtual setup can be easier to maintain in the long run. Brian > > > Rodman > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Evans - Postfix List" > <grkni...@scent-team.com> > To: <postfix-users@postfix.org> > Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: Change Mailbox directory to absolute Path? > > >> Rodman Frowert wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> Is there any way to change the "home_mailbox" definition so that it is >>> NOT relative to the system user home directory? For example, I don't >>> want to have mail delievered to in */home/%u/Maildir*. What I would >>> like is something like* /home/vmail/%u(username)/Maildir/*. I want to >>> keep home directories clean. >>> >> Use a virtual MAILBOX setup. >> >> http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html#virtual_mailbox >> >> Brian >> >
