On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> I thought I'd repost this, in case the original (or any replies) got lost
> in the bitstream. The gist if my question is: when would I need to use
> assign instead of an alias?
If you need speed for example. Assign gets converted to a hashed file
which is much faster than file queries.
Also, if your Mail-home-dirs are on an NFS Server and it dies the messages
will get deferred and not bounced until the NFS-Server is up again.
Hope that helps
Markus
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> Todd A. Jacobs
> Network Systems Engineer
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> Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 12:42:05 -0800 (PST)
> From: Todd A. Jacobs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Usage of /var/qmail/users/assign
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> I'm not 100% sure I understand the difference in intended usage between
> setting up a ~/alias/.qmail-whatever file and setting up a virtual user in
> /var/qmail/users/assign. As far as I can tell, the former uses forwarding,
> whereas the latter is acting like a true alias.
>
> Am I understanding this correctly? If so, what are the practical
> implications? They seem almost interchangeable to me.
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> Todd A. Jacobs
> Network Systems Engineer
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