On 05/19/2012 02:56 PM, john wrote:
On 19/05/2012 8:46 AM, Jeroen Geilman wrote:
On 05/19/2012 04:01 AM, john wrote:
I recently "upgraded" my server to Debian 6.
One of the things that seems to have been changed in the
Postfix-Dovecot setup is the configuration of the "mailbox_command".
In my old setup the command was
mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} *-d
${recipient}* -m ${extension}
in the new setup the command is
mailbox_command = /usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f ${sender} *-d
${user}@${nexthop}* -m ${extension}
Similarly master.cf has also changed
dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f
${sender} *-d ${recipient}* -m ${extension}
new setup
dovecot unix - n n - - pipe
flags=DRhu user=vmail:vmail argv=/usr/lib/dovecot/dovecot-lda -f
${sender} *-d ${user}@${nexthop}* -m ${extension}
Which is better and why?
You'd have to consult the relevant *dovecot* documentation for
questions relating to *dovecot*
Dovecot does not care what goes here, it just expects a string.
That's obvious nonsense. Dovecot expects input that makes it work.
What I am trying to understand is the difference between the Postfix
variable ${recipient} and ${user}@${nexthop}, and what are the
advantages and/or disadvantages to either one?
Then you should have ASKED that.
Somebody thought it worth making the change, why?
Ask the Debuntu maintainer(s).
Should I go with the "new and improved" or revert to my older but
"tried and true"?
John A
No clue; since I switched to LMTP I haven't bothered with pipe(8).
Dovecot does LMTP quite well, too :)
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J.
