GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'have installed qmail on my system, but I don't know if
> is necesary to create a .qmail-default file, because I
> don't clearly understand the meaning of this file.
>
> Should I create it? and what should I write there?
.qmail-default handles any message where the destination address doesn't match
anything more specific. However, they can be applied to a particular local
user, or to the system as a whole.
As an example, let's assume your default delivery instruction is "./Maildir/"
(argument to qmail-start). Your domain is "example.net", and this is in
locals. If a message arrives for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, qmail will
look up user "joe" and find his home directory. It then looks for the
following files in order:
~joe/.qmail-foo-bar-baz
~joe/.qmail-foo-bar-default
~joe/.qmail-foo-default
~joe/.qmail-default
If none of those exist, it will check for a matching file in ~alias.
You only need ~alias/.qmail-default if you want to catch all mail for any
address on localhost. Individual users may want $HOME/.qmail-default to catch
all extension addresses.
Charles
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