Difference between revisions of "Archiving Emails from a Qmail Based Email Server"
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=== Edit extra.h === | === Edit extra.h === | ||
| − | QUEUE_EXTRA is a compile-time configuration variable that specifies an additional recipient that will be added to every delivery. This is used primarily for logging. E.g., the FAQ describes how to use QUEUE_EXTRA to keep copies of all incoming and outgoing messages. | + | <tt>QUEUE_EXTRA</tt> is a compile-time configuration variable that specifies an additional recipient that will be added to every delivery. This is used primarily for logging. E.g., the FAQ describes how to use <tt>QUEUE_EXTRA</tt> to keep copies of all incoming and outgoing messages. |
| − | To use QUEUE_EXTRA, edit extra.h specifying the additional recipient in the format "Trecipient\0", and the length of the QUEUE_EXTRA string in QUEUE_EXTRALEN (the "\0" counts as one character). For example: | + | To use <tt>QUEUE_EXTRA</tt>, edit extra.h specifying the additional recipient in the format "Trecipient\0", and the length of the <tt>QUEUE_EXTRA</tt> string in <tt>QUEUE_EXTRALEN</tt> (the "\0" counts as one character). For example: |
| − | #define QUEUE_EXTRA " | + | #define QUEUE_EXTRA "Tmailstore\0" |
| − | #define QUEUE_EXTRALEN | + | #define QUEUE_EXTRALEN 11 |
=== Recompile Qmail === | === Recompile Qmail === | ||
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make setup check | make setup check | ||
| − | === Prepare | + | === Prepare mailstore user === |
| − | Populate ~alias/.qmail- | + | Populate <tt>~alias/.qmail-mailstore</tt> with: |
| − | /var/ | + | /var/mailstore/Maildir/ |
Finally, restart qmail. | Finally, restart qmail. | ||
Revision as of 08:11, 18 May 2010
Qmail has the ability to set up a mailbox where all emails that Qmail handles get copied to. Here is an adapted version of the appropriate "Life with Qmail FAQ" article
Edit extra.h
QUEUE_EXTRA is a compile-time configuration variable that specifies an additional recipient that will be added to every delivery. This is used primarily for logging. E.g., the FAQ describes how to use QUEUE_EXTRA to keep copies of all incoming and outgoing messages.
To use QUEUE_EXTRA, edit extra.h specifying the additional recipient in the format "Trecipient\0", and the length of the QUEUE_EXTRA string in QUEUE_EXTRALEN (the "\0" counts as one character). For example:
#define QUEUE_EXTRA "Tmailstore\0" #define QUEUE_EXTRALEN 11
Recompile Qmail
Shut down qmail if it's running. If you installed the qmailctl script from the Installation section, that can be done by:
qmailctl stop
If you don't have the qmailctl script, you should use your startup/shutdown script or send qmail-send a TERM signal.
Then rebuild qmail using:
make setup check
Prepare mailstore user
Populate ~alias/.qmail-mailstore with:
/var/mailstore/Maildir/
Finally, restart qmail.
