System Users with IMAP

[Shane Arnold]

Hi All,

Sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what methods are available for
retrieving mail for a system user i.e www-data. Basically my setup is
just a normal Dovecot-IMAP which is working fine for shell users, but I
want to be able to read mail for system users via IMAP.

Is this doable?

Cheers

[Joseba Torre]

El Miércoles 11 Noviembre 2009 a las 08:53, Shane Arnold escribió:
> Hi All,
>
> Sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what methods are available
>  for retrieving mail for a system user i.e www-data. Basically my
>  setup is just a normal Dovecot-IMAP which is working fine for
>  shell users, but I want to be able to read mail for system users
>  via IMAP.

You should create alias for this users, to send their email to some
other account(s); system users are usually risky, so it's better to
use them only for their supposed mission.

HTH
--
Joseba Torre. Vicegerencia de TICs, área de Explotación

[Steffen Kaiser-9]

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On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Shane Arnold wrote:

> Sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what methods are available for
> retrieving mail for a system user i.e www-data. Basically my setup is just a
> normal Dovecot-IMAP which is working fine for shell users, but I want to be
> able to read mail for system users via IMAP.

I alias them to an sysop-account using subaddressing, e.g.:

root: sysop-hostname
www-data: sysop-www-data

Sieve files them into equally named mailboxes.

If your MTA is able to do so, you can use Dovecot deliver's -m
<subaddress> option.

regards,

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Steffen Kaiser
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