On Saturday, February 15, 2003 9:10 PM, Jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:40 PM, Bill Shupp wrote: > >> This is exactly how it _should_ behave. Your .qmail-default is setup >> so that all _unmatching_ addresses will be put in the "jim" Maildir. >> But you have a real account for "spam", so vdelivermail sees that and >> puts it in the "spam" Maildir. Where did you expect mail for "spam" >> to be delivered? > > I think I may have confused you. If you re-read my message, you may > understand. > > I have a .qmail-default and a .qmail-jim, which both have > | /usr/local/bin/spamc | /home/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail '' > /home/vpopmail/domains/jimtest.com/jim > &[EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim, are you saying that .qmail-default and .qmail-jim are *identical* files, and have the same three lines? Or is the lines wrapping and it's two lines, with /home/vpopmail/domains/jimtest.com/jim being the catchall delivery? If the answer is yes to either line, then Bill's explaination is correct. Like Bill said, the .qmail-default will be used for the delivery instructions unless it's overridden by a more specific .qmail file, like .qmail-jim. I suggest you read the dot-qmail man page for more information. So, because there's no .qmail-spam, qmail uses the delivery instructions in .qmail-default, which pipe the mail through spamc and the output from spamc is piped to vdelivermail, which finds the user "spam" and delivers it. > .. messages to spam _should_ just be placed in > /home/vpopmail/domains/jimtest.com/spam (because there is no > .qmail-spam (or Maildir/.qmail)) That is mostly correct. User .qmail files should go in their directory under the domain, not in the Maildir. But because there is no .qmail-spam file, then like Bill and I have said, your *DEFAULT* delivery instructions (from .qmail-default) is to pipe the message to spamc, then pipe the out to vdelivermail which then puts in ~vpopmail/domains/jimtest.com/spam/Maildir/new. If you do not want mail sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to be processed by spamc, you either need to change your .qmail-default or add a .qmail-spam that will write the message directly into the spam/Maildir > > instead, messages to the spam account are piped through spamc before > being delivered to the spam mailbox Because that's what you've told qmail to do with your .qmail-default -- the **DEFAULT** delivery instruction if a more specific .qmail file is not found. > > Thanks for your reply, > > jim > Dave
