On 2/20/11, Noel Jones <njo...@megan.vbhcs.org> wrote:
> On 2/20/2011 6:48 AM, C. Comren wrote:
>> On 2/20/11, Jeroen Geilman<jer...@adaptr.nl> wrote:
>>> On 02/20/2011 11:03 AM, C. Comren wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I unsuccessfully tried to install Postfix with Dovecot as follows:
>>>>
>>>> 1. I have three domains with different users, e.g.,
>>>> al...@alice.com,
>>>> al...@bob.com,
>>>> b...@alice.com,
>>>> b...@bob.com
>>>>
>>>> 2. I have Unix users and corresponding email addresses, e.g.,
>>>> user equal for al...@alice.com and b...@bob.com
>>>> user cross for al...@bob.com and b...@alice.com
>>>>
>>>> 3. I'd like to have the header to not contain something like
>>>> equal@localhost, but just "Delivered-To: al...@alice.com", etc.
>>>>
>>>> Without restriction (3), I could use virtual_alias_maps, which I got
>>>> working. When I use virtual_mailbox_maps, I don't see how I can tell
>>>> dovecot which user the email address corresponds to.
>>>>
>>>> What am I missing?
>
>
> So your question:
> "How do I get dovecot to deliver
> u...@example1.com
> to the mailbox
> /path/to/some/mailbox?"
>
> Seems like a question for the dovecot list.
>
>
> -- Noel Jones
>
Well, not exactly. The dovecot-lda takes the argument "-d" which
should be the username associated to the mailbox. Usually, one puts
"-d ${recipient}". However, since Postfix looks up the e-mail address
(via LDAP in this case), I guess it could also be configured to
provide the username.
Thanks,
CC
