On 2016-12-05 16:45, wie...@porcupine.org wrote:
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.
A-ha, thank you!
