On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:32:45 -0500 Ken Murchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Philip Chambers wrote: > > > On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:00:34 -0500 Ken Murchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>Philip Chambers wrote: > >> > >> > >>>This is cyrus-imap.2.2.8 with exim-4.41: > >>> > >>>I had been using lmtp to do normal deliveries but deliver to deliver to > >>>specific > >>>folders (as for spam being diverted to a spam-folder. > >>> > >>>I noticed in my exim logs that at busy times I was getting a few failures > >>>from the > >>>deliver program (logged as error code 75 or 65 by exim). Can someone tell > >>>me what > >>>these two codes mean? > >>> > >>>On reflection I thought that I might be able to use lmtp to deliver to > >>>specific > >>>folders instead by using "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as the address. I tried this > >>>and it worked. An advantage of this is the benefit of multiple deliveries > >>>in one go. > >>> > >>>However, I have now found a difference which it would be nice to remove: > >>> > >>>Using deliver to deliver to "user.folder", if the folder does not exist, > >>>it delivers > >>>to the user's inbox. Using lmpt, if the folder does not exist, it rejects > >>>the > >>>message. > >>> > >>>Is it possible to get lmtp to deliver to the inbox if the specified folder > >>>does not > >>>exist? > >> > >>Either I'm confused or you're using the incorrect syntax. To deliver to > >>a user-specific folder via LMTP, the address should be > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] If the folder doesn't exist (or doesn't allow > >>posting by the [un]authenticated user, then the message *will* go to the > >> user's INBOX. > > > > > > Thanks for that information, as you say, using plus as the separator > > delivers to the > > folder if there is a suitable acl or to the inbox if not. > > > > Using a dot to separate the username and foldername certainly works and the > > delivery > > takes place without any acl on the folder. > > Hmm, its probably because you are running deliver as the recipient user > and the mailbox name is taken literally (as the internal name). > It is lmtpd which is delivering direct to the folder, not deliver. Using lmtp, if I give an address of "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and the folder "user.username.folder" exists then delivery takes place, even without an ACL. Phil. --------------------------------------- Phil Chambers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) University of Exeter --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
