Debian 6 postconf -d output: ... mail_spool_directory = /var/mail ... however, mail is sent to /home/vmail/user/Maildir instead. probably cause vmailbox_server_host = ldap.domain.com vmailbox_server_port = 389 vmailbox_bind = yes vmailbox_bind_dn = cn=admin,dc=domain,dc=root vmailbox_bind_pw = ****** vmailbox_search_base = dc=root vmailbox_query_filter = (uid=%u) vmailbox_result_attribute = uid vmailbox_result_format = %s/Maildir/
On the other hand, Ubuntu postconf -d output is mail_spool_directory = /var/mail but *mails aren't delivered to /home/vmail/user/Maildir but /var/mail* On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 12:39 PM Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > Tan Mientras: > > Hi > > > > We are migrating an old Debian 6 Postfix smarthost/relay server to a new > > one, just copying the configuration files and some other files to a fresh > > Ubuntu 20.04 system. > > > > For some reason, in the new environment, *mail is being delivered to > > /var/mail/user instead of Maildir (/home/vmail/user/Maildir).*(While > debian > > 6 is working correctly) > > Any suggestion or fix for the config file would be much appreciated. > > https://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#mail_spool_directory > > mail_spool_directory (default: see "postconf -d" output) > The directory where local(8) UNIX-style mailboxes are kept. The > default setting depends on the system type. Specify a name > ending in / for maildir-style delivery. > > Note: maildir delivery is done with the privileges of the > recipient. If you use the mail_spool_directory setting for > maildir style delivery, then you must create the top-level > maildir directory in advance. Postfix will not create it. > > >
