On Sep 2, 2019 3:18 AM, Reio Remma <r...@mrstuudio.ee> wrote: > > On 02/09/2019 10:35, Ede Wolf wrote: > > Hello Edgar, > > > > thanks very much for your in depth reply and the effort you've put > > into it. > > > > As for the "user" keyword, the way I understand this, it that it > > equals the "as" statement in the old version. > > > > ... lmtp "/run/cyrus/lmtp" rcpt-to ->as nobody<- > > I'm using multiple virtual domains myself and delivering to Dovecot via > LMTP with no user parameter. I _suspect_ it's more useful when you let > OpenSMTPD to deliver straight to mailboxes. > > > Back to your reply: That catchall from your example in "@ catchall" is > > not a keyword, is it? But a local user accout? > > @example.com need to be aliased to a real mail account to receive all these. > > > > but some real user has to own the mailbox... > >
When smtpd goes looking for a . forward file it gets mad if there isn't a mailbox to look in. :) > > Care to explain, why is that? From my unknowledgable point of view, > > the mailbox handling should be done on the other side of the lmtpd > > socket. This misconception is at the very heart of my question. > > Maybe run 'smtpd -dv -T expand -T lookup -T rules' and see how OpenSMTPD > is translating the aliases and which rules it's matching etc. > > Good luck, > Reio > >
