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From: Jean Blignaut <jean@×××××××.biz>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: RE: [gentoo-server] postfix -auto create vmail maildirs
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 15:45:19
Message-Id: B31C4776605A3840B544482E1A94C5C93AE9D1@eagle.birds
1 Something about my permissions must be messed up I get this error:
2
3 Mar 24 16:56:09 [postfix/virtual] warning: maildir access problem for
4 UID/GID=1001/1001: create
5 /var/mail/vhosts/somedom.com/sales/.maildir/tmp/1143212169.P19214.mail.e
6 talkbox.co.za: Permission denied
7 Mar 24 16:56:09 [postfix/virtual] warning: perhaps you need to create
8 the maildirs in advance
9
10 -----Original Message-----
11 From: Sean Cook [mailto:scook@×××××.net]
12 Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 5:19 PM
13 To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
14 Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] postfix -auto create vmail maildirs
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19 Postfix will create it for you provided your delivery mechanism isn't
20 maildrop.
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22 virtual_create_maildirsize = yes
23 virtual_transport = virtual
24
25 if virtual_transport = maildrop
26
27 you loose the ability to create the maildirs on the fly.
28
29 Sean
30
31 Jean Blignaut wrote:
32
33 > <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal,
34 > div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt;
35 > font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
36 > {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited,
37 > span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:purple;
38 > text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17
39 > {mso-style-type:personal-compose; font-family:Arial;
40 > color:windowtext;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in
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42 >
43 > Am I missing some thing in my con fig or does postfix not have the
44 > same ability exim does to create a maildir as long as your db says
45 > the user is valid?
46 >
47 >
48 >
49 > Let me rephrase that: do you always need to create the maildir by
50 > hand or is it possible to have postfix (or some thing else create
51 > it for you as soon as you add the new entry in your db)
52 >
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Replies

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Re: [gentoo-server] postfix -auto create vmail maildirs Craig Webster <craig@××××××.net>
Re: [gentoo-server] postfix -auto create vmail maildirs Sean Cook <scook@×××××.net>