MRob:
> On 2016-12-05 16:27, wie...@porcupine.org wrote:
> > MRob:
> >> I was recently surprised to see .forward file in user's home dir being
> >> honoured in a context where mail is set to be delivered via LMTP to
> >> dovecot for final delivery. A response I got on the dovecot list
> >> implied
> >> that the MTA is responsible for this.
> >>
> >> Does Postfix handle .forward just before it hands the message off
> >> using
> >> LMTP? How does this work? I wouldn't have expected this unless Postfix
> >> was doing the actual delivery, though it's not unwelcome - it's a
> >> mildly
> >> helpful feature but I want to understand how it works.
> >
> > See http://www.postfix.org/ADDRESS_REWRITING_README.html
>
> This says .forward is only used by local(8).
That is correct. Only the local(8) program has the privileghes that
allow it to grope around in user home directories.
> So in my case, dovecot LMTP
> seems to be responsible for this?
Nope. that program has no concept of UNIX home directories.
However, you may have configured mailbox_transport, in which
case local(8) delegates mailbox delivery after doing all the
local(8) things first.
Wietse
