---+Mail Installation instructions for UNIX %TOC% ---++Replacing procmail as default handler in sendmail configurations 1 Copy virt_mail to /usr/bin/virt_mail 1 Copy odbc_mail.default.ini to /etc/odbc_mail.ini * IMPORTANT: Make sure /etc/odbc_mail.ini is NOT GROUP/WORLD writable. virt_mail will fail to run if it is. 1. Edit /etc/odbc_mail.ini and change the login settings to match your current database installation. * If you don't have or want to use procmail, comment out the "Fallback" setting in the [Deliver] section. 1. Edit /etc/sendmail.cf. -- Change Mlocal, P=/usr/bin/procmail, F=lsDFMAw5:/|@qSPfhn9, S=10/30, R=20/40, T=DNS/RFC822/X-Unix, A=procmail -Y -a $h -d $u -- into: Mlocal, P=/usr/bin/virt_mail, F=lsDFMA5:/|@qSPhn9, S=10/30, R=20/40, T=DNS/RFC822/X-Unix, A=virt_mail -c /etc/odbc_mail.ini -l $u -h $h -s $g * NOTE: The changes to the F= setting involve removing both the 'w' and 'f' flags. * The removal of the 'w' flag affects lookups in /etc/passwd, which are no longer required if all mail drops go into the database. * The default ini file is set up to maildrop to procmail, which will perform this check correctly. ---++per-user database maildrops under sendmail 1. Copy odbc_mail.default.ini to ~the_user_name/.odbc_mail.ini * IMPORTANT: Make sure the .odbc_mail.ini is NOT GROUP/WORLD writable. virt_mail will fail to run if it is. 1. Put at the end of ~the_user_name/.procmailrc something like the below code for replacing the_user_name with the user you're setting up. :0: | /usr/bin/virt_mail -c .odbc_mail.ini -l the_user_name -h your.domain.com * Note: the '-l ..' parameter is used to relate the local recipient to the database user for which the maildrop is done. See the remarks in the odbc_mail.default.ini file. 1. Adjust the parameters in .odbc_mail.ini to match your configuration 1 Disable Fallback delivery in .odbc_mail.ini 1 Comment out the "Fallback =" entry in the .odbc_mail.ini or set it to something that doesn't involve procmail. Otherwise, this could lead to drop loops. ---++per-user database maildrops under qmail 1. Copy odbc_mail.default.ini to ~the_user_name/.odbc_mail.ini * IMPORTANT: Make sure the .odbc_mail.ini is NOT GROUP/WORLD writable. virt_mail will fail to run if it is. 1. If you're setting up a .qmail, simply do something like: | /usr/bin/virt_mail -m qmail -c .odbc_mail.ini * If you're setting up .qmail-default or .qmail-<some_alias_name>, make sure you adjust the RemovePrefix accordingly in the odbc_mail.ini. * This also works if a single user is receiving mail for an entire (virtual) domain. 1 If you want to configure qmail so that user 'db' gets all mail for example.com, do this: 1. create a new user db in /etc/passwd etc. 2. remove example.com from /var/qmail/control/locals 3. add to /var/qmail/controls/virtualdomains: example.com:db 4. adjust /var/qmail/users/assign accordingly: =db:db:::::: +db-:db::::-:: 5. Or run: qmail-pw2u < /etc/passwd > /var/qmail/users/assign 6. And finally run qmail-newu and restart qmail 1. In ~db/.qmail-default, put: | /usr/bin/virt_mail -m qmail -c .odbc_mail.ini 1. In .odbc_mail.ini, set RemovePrefix=db- 1 As result now, mail to info@example.com will be delivered to the qmail alias db-info@example.com and is stored into the database for user 'info'. 1. Adjust the parameters in .odbc_mail.ini to match your configuration ---++per-user database maildrops under courier 1. Copy odbc_mail.default.ini to ~the_user_name/.odbc_mail.ini * IMPORTANT: Make sure the .odbc_mail.ini is NOT GROUP/WORLD writable. virt_mail will fail to run if it is. 1. If you're setting up a .courier, simply do something like | /usr/bin/virt_mail -mcourier -c .odbc_mail.ini * If you're setting up .courier-default or .courier-<some_alias_name>, make sure you adjust the RemovePrefix accordingly in the .odbc_mail.ini. * Note 1: although courier is very similar to qmail in this respect, it is different from qmail in how it handles exit codes. If you use -mqmail while running under courier, you'll get the wrong exit codes, so mail is bounced instead of retried. * Note 2: If delivering to multiple recipients in a .courier file, make sure the virt_mail is specified first. This is because if the virt_mail fails with a temporary error, the other recipients will get another drop when courier re-attempts to deliver the mail. -- Right: | /usr/bin/virt_mail -mcourier -c .odbc_mail.ini ./Maildir -- Wrong: ./Maildir | /usr/bin/virt_mail -mcourier -c .odbc_mail.ini 1. Adjust the parameters in .odbc_mail.ini to match your configuration ---++EXIM Here are a code snippets for Exim that perform maildrops into the odbc database. ## IN TRANSPORT SECTION # Delivers into the database odbc: driver = pipe command = /usr/bin/virt_mail \ -c /etc/odbc_mail.ini \ -s "${if def:return_path{$return_path}{MAILER-DAEMON}}" \ -l "$local_part" -h "$domain" user = USERNAME return_path_add delivery_date_add prefix = suffix = temp_errors = 73 : 74 : 75 return_fail_output * Note: Make sure the USERNAME in the 'user = USERNAME' setting matches the owner of /etc/odbc_mail.ini, because this file must have mode 0600. Consider creating a new user account for this delivery only. You should specify 'user = root' here only if Fallback delivery is configured in /etc/odbc_mail.ini (for procmail fallback delivery for instance) ## IN DIRECTORS SECTION # Attempts delivery of all mail into the database to_db: driver = smartuser transport = odbc require_files = /etc/odbc_mail.ini # # uncomment line below to deliver all mail to db-XXX into the database, for any # value of XXX. For this to work, set "RemovePrefix = db-" in # the [Translate] section in /etc/odbc_mail.ini #prefix = db- ---++Related * [[OdsMail][ODS-Mail]] * [[OdsMailInstallGuide][ODS-Mail's Installation Guide]] * [[OdsMailInstallGuideWindows][Installation instructions for Windows]] * [[OdsMailSpamFilterGuide][ODS-Mail's Spam Filter Setting Guide]] * [[ODSMailPop3External][ODS-Mail's Manage External POP3 Account Guide]] * [[ODSMailWebIDSMIME][ODS-Mail's SMIME + WebID Support Guide]] * [[OdsWebmailProgrammersGuide][ODS-Mail's Programmers Guide]] CategoryMail CategoryODS CategoryOpenSource CategoryHowTo CategoryOdsMail