creating group.<some-name>, what does it really mean

[Jack Stone]

Toschi Pietro wrote:

> >
> > localhost.localdomain> cm group/office1 at domain1.com
> > that resulted OK, and mailbox is listed with lm.
> >
> > localhost.localdomain> lam group/office1 at domain1.com returns:
> > anyone lrs (isn't it strange? I didn't issue any sam command on that
> > mailbox)
> >
> > Now I'm wandering what I really did?
> >
>   
You've created a bulletin board. This is basically a mailbox that isn't
associated with an email address. The lrs permissions are default for
any mailbox outside the user hierarchy

> >
> > - I can't post any message to office1 at domain1.com: it results in an
> > error from my MTA (postfix) saying: "<office at domain1.com>: host
> > XX.XX.XX.XX[YY.YY.YY.YY] said: 550-Mailbox unknown. Either there is no
> > mailbox associated with this 550-name or you do not have authorization
> > to see it. 550 5.1.1 User unknown (in reply to RCPT TO command)"
> >
>   
It's not counted as a default user so it won't be recognized by cyrus as
that email address. IIRC you need to sent to +office at domain1.com, for
more about this look at bulletin boards
http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.info-cyrus&msg=42994

> >
> >
> > - I can't access mailbox for reading emails. I mean: having LDAP
> > authentication and a corresponding LDAP entry for office1 at domain1.com
> > I can correctly authenticate but upon selecting INBOX cyrus complains:
> > CLIENT: "3 select \"INBOX\"\r\n"
> > REAL:   "3 NO Mailbox does not exist\r\n"
> > (client-server transaction logs come from perdition)
> >
>   
This is because you client is looking under user/office1 not
group/office1 the only way to access it is to use it like a shared
mailbox (because thats what it is)

> >
> > - any user in domain "domain1.com" is able to subscribe to "office1"
> > folder visible under "group", according with lrs ACL
> >
> > - I changed to "write" the ACL of office1 for "anynone" and I verified
> > that any user in @domain1.com is able to copy messages to that shared
> > folder.
> >
> >
> > Now, I am a little confused about what a "group" is compared to a
> > traditional "user"?
> > Can someone give some explanation please?
> >
>   
It doesn't have to be group it could be sdjfh for all cyrus would care.
The only special hierarchy is the user hierarchy the others can be
created however you want.

I hope thats been of some help.

Regards,

Jack Stone