On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Andrzej Filip wrote: > Mike Brodbelt wrote: > > A Clockwork Orange wrote: > > > >>sendmail-8.12.6+cyrus-imapd-2.0.17 > >> > >>I'd like sendmail to check presence of the cyrus mailbox during > >>establishing SMTP connection. > >>If the cyrus mailbox doesn't present sendmail drops SMTP connection > >>(doesn't recieve email). > >>What have i to write in sendmail.mc file? > >
I use virtusertable map for this purpose. You need to ensure that the virtusertable is in sync with the cyrus mailbox list. -Igor > > There's a page about it here:- > > > > http://www.polbox.com/a/anfi/sendmail/rtcyrus.html > > It is nice to see that somebody knows about my rtcyrus existence ;) > RTCyrus requires sendmail patch (new custom "file" map) but sendmail.org was > "reluctant" to accept it. > > > Unfortunately, this relies on giving sendmail knowledge of the internal > > arrangement of Cyrus mailboxes, to check for the existence of the user. > > I've avoided implementing it, as I feel it goes counter to the idea of > > Cyrus as a "black box", accessible via IMAP/LMTP/POP only. As such it'll > > only work where sendmail and Cyrus are on the same machine. > > > > If there are any better ways to achieve the same end, I'd also be > > interested. > > There are two alternative approaches I can think of right now: > 1) custom milter > [servicing only "RCPT TO:"] > 2) socket map > [ available in 8.13 preview http://www.sendmail.org/8.13.0.PreAlpha4.html ] > > Both will make sendmail ask separate process (which may be located on another > server) if the given envelope recipient address should be accepted. > > IMHO socket map will be a better solution of the problem: > Are you interested in testing simple perl based "socket map" server for cyrus? > [ and testing sendmail 8.12 of course ] > > -- Igor
