Hello,

* 2007-12-20 01:23, francois wrote:
> >From <http://wiki.dovecot.org/UserIds> :
> | dovecot user isn't used for any kind of mail processing - don't store users'
> | mails as dovecot, and don't put dovecot user to mail or any other groups.
> 
> The postinst script does not follow this recommendation, and I fail to
> see why.

We added dovecot to the mail group to be able to write lock files in
/var/mail if you use system-wide mailboxes. IIRC, there was a bug report
but I couldn't find it quickly.

Best regards,

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Fabio Tranchitella                         http://www.kobold.it
Free Software Developer and Consultant     http://www.tranchitella.it
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