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List:       qmail-ldap
Subject:    Re: deliveryMode: forwardonly
From:       Andre Oppermann <oppermann () pipeline ! ch>
Date:       1999-06-08 16:35:53
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Lou Sortman wrote:
> 
> I have observed that even though I have deliveryMode set to forwardonly, I
> still have to specify a mailMessageStore, and it has to point to a valid
> mailbox, (Maildir, in my case), readable and searchable by the qmailUser.  Is
> this the way it is supposed to be?

Yes, it is.

> Nothing actually gets written to the store,
> so I could just set up a dummy one, to be shared by all forwardonly users, but
> is that really necessary?

Thats how qmail works. Forwarding is handled by qmail-local and it needs
such an environment (maildir, user's uid/gid, etc.).

You need to do this only if your forward goes to another mail server,
otherwise you can specify the second email address is
mailAlternateAddress.

-- 
Andre

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