On 11/6/2013 8:49 AM, Merve Temizer wrote: > Jones, Thanks very much for your answer. > > I need to know > > 1)Does an incoming mail of a user(username) go to /var/mail/username > > as described in > > MAILBOX DELIVERY > The default per-user mailbox is a file in the UNIX mail > spool directory (/var/mail/user or /var/spool/mail/user); > the location can be specified with the mail_spool_direc- > tory configuration parameter. Specify a name ending in / > for qmail-compatible maildir delivery.
Delivery is as described in http://www.postfix.org/local.8.html There are several parameters that can affect where the mail ends up. > > if so, do i need to make directories for all the users i add into ldap? The parent directory must exist eg. /var/mail/ or whatever you've defined. The user directory will be created for you if it doesn't exist. > > > 2) Do i need to make real, concrete users in my ubuntu operating > system for every user entry that i add into ldap? Your questions pertain to local users in the local address class. As such, each user must have a local unix login account (although their shell can be disabled), and the domain must be listed in the main.cf mydestination parameter. You also may find helpful: http://www.postfix.org/BASIC_CONFIGURATION_README.html http://www.postfix.org/STANDARD_CONFIGURATION_README.html http://www.postfix.org/SOHO_README.html http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_CLASS_README.html -- Noel Jones
