Simon Matter wrote: >>>> root should not have a mailbox. >> >>> I agree for normal systems. However, in certain situations it may >>> be useful to have a 'root' mailbox. If you have >> >>> local_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp >> >>> in /etc/postfix/main.cf to make single instance store work as >>> expected, the aliases file has no effect and postfix will deliver >>> syslog messages to root. One can then grant access to this box for >>> other users via Cyrus. >> >> If you use >> >> mailbox_transport = lmtp:unix:/var/lib/imap/socket/lmtp >> >> instead, aliases seem to work fine (so root can be aliased as usual). >> Does this approach disable single instance store?? We use Postfix >> 2.0.11-2 RPMs on Red Hat 8.0 here this way. > > That's what I'm normally using too. But I've been told that single > instance store _only_ works when using local_transport.
May I forward this question to the postfix mailing list? Regards, Norman