[courier-users] Re: Enabling local filtering on virtual domains accounts?

[Sam V. <mr...@co...>]

Courier User writes:

> I host a number of virtual domains whose mail recipients are mapped
> to local, shell-based email accounts on my server.  I have no
> "locals" file, and all my domains are listed in "esmtpacceptmailfor"
> and "hosteddomains".  Since nothing exists in "locals", I cannot
> enable local filtering via localmailfilter(7).

The only difference between locals and hosteddomains is that the actual 
mailbox names must include @domain, in case of hosteddomains.

In all other respects, the accounts may be used in the same identical way.  
You should be able to create .mailfilters, and installed 
rcptfilter/smtpfilter files for either locals or hosteddomains-based 
accounts.

> I keep forgetting the exact reason why I don't use "locals" ... it

Because with locals you cannot have a different mailbox for each local 
mailbox name.  So that if both example.com and domain.com are in locals, 
fo...@ex... and fo...@do... is the same exact mailbox, "foo".  Using 
hosteddomains allows you to have separate "fo...@ex..." and 
"fo...@do..." mailboxes.