[nzlug] wrong user/group on mail in imap maildir

[Nick 'Zaf' Clifford]

Procmail will deliver with the uid/gid it was run with, so if postfix
runs procmail as root, it'll run as root, and create file permissions as
root.

For some odd reason then, postfix is delivering the mail as root. As for
why, I've got no idea.
Nick


Matt wrote:
> hi,
>
> I've just set up a very simple mail server on an ubuntu box.  I pick email 
> from pop3 accounts with fetchmail.  Postfix passes them to procmail, which 
> puts them in ~/Maildir.  However, the emails in Maildir have the owner/group 
> to root/mail.  However for me to be able to view them via imap, the 
> owner/group needs to be set to matt/matt.  Sorry, if I'm not using the right 
> terminology.
>
> Can anyone point me to where in the fetchmail -> postfix -> procmail chain the 
> user/group of each email is set, and how I go about fixing it.  I suspect its 
> procmail that's causing the problem, because mail that isn't processed by 
> procmail has the correct user/group.
>
> Any help appreciated
>