On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 15:00:34 -0500 Ken Murchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Philip Chambers wrote: > > > This is cyrus-imap.2.2.8 with exim-4.41: > > > > I had been using lmtp to do normal deliveries but deliver to deliver to > > specific > > folders (as for spam being diverted to a spam-folder. > > > > I noticed in my exim logs that at busy times I was getting a few failures > > from the > > deliver program (logged as error code 75 or 65 by exim). Can someone tell > > me what > > these two codes mean? > > > > On reflection I thought that I might be able to use lmtp to deliver to > > specific > > folders instead by using "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" as the address. I tried this > > and it worked. An advantage of this is the benefit of multiple deliveries > > in one go. > > > > However, I have now found a difference which it would be nice to remove: > > > > Using deliver to deliver to "user.folder", if the folder does not exist, it > > delivers > > to the user's inbox. Using lmpt, if the folder does not exist, it rejects > > the > > message. > > > > Is it possible to get lmtp to deliver to the inbox if the specified folder > > does not > > exist? > > Either I'm confused or you're using the incorrect syntax. To deliver to > a user-specific folder via LMTP, the address should be > [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the folder doesn't exist (or doesn't allow > posting by the [un]authenticated user, then the message *will* go to the > user's INBOX. Thanks for that information, as you say, using plus as the separator delivers to the folder if there is a suitable acl or to the inbox if not. Using a dot to separate the username and foldername certainly works and the delivery takes place without any acl on the folder. Phil. --------------------------------------- Phil Chambers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) University of Exeter --- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
