> I don't understand, everything that I've read about Procmail suggests > that since virtual users don't have home accounts, you can't use Procmail > to filter mail for them individually because there is no ..procmailrc file > to read. I've actually got the same dilemna with vacation programs since > the accounts are all virtual users and thus no ..forward files can exist. > Are you saying that there's a way to > implement per-user procmail settings when the users don't have home > directories, just mail directories? > >>> We are setting SquirrelMail up so that travelling users can access >>> their mail. All of our users are "virtual users" and thus do not have >>> login accounts on the server, and therefore they can not use >>> Procmail >>> for filtering their mail. >> >> Yes they can. The server side filters plugin serves as a front end to >> your procmail user settings. >> If you use the filter plugin of SquirrelMail the filter settings are stored in the data directory of SQM or in a database if using mysql as data store. I think the settings are stored in <username>.pref. So the user doesn't need a home directory and the settings can't be stored in users mail directory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
