> 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?
Oh yes! There is still great confusion about it. I have read the postfix README's again but still am not sure what's true. Seems that there was a change with 2.0.x but maybe it was only the docs. Simon > > Regards, > Norman >
