Wietse Venema:
> Glenn Park:
> > On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote:
> > > If you invoke Maildrop from $HOME/.forward, see "man 8 local" section
> > > "EXTERNAL COMMAND DELIVERY" for how to pass HOME and other parameters.
> > >
> > > If you invoke Maildrop from the pipe(8) mailer, then its manpage
> > > documents all the information that it can pass, and that does not
> > > include authlib lookups.
> >
> > I use pipe. I'm a little confused by your comment because using -d
> > makes maildrop to an authlib lookup. I was curious if there is a way
> > to have Postfix place the user's $HOME into the enfironment that
> > maildrop is executed in.
>
> The word "environment: does not appear in the pipe(8) manpage, therefore
> it does not export such information.
The manpage does mention the export_environment parameter, but there
is no text that says that the pipe daemon can *modify* the environment,
and therefore it is safe to assume that it can't.
> If in doubt read the manpage.
And it always pays off to double-check information.
Wietse
