Hi,

I\'m setting up postfix so that mail for virtual users is delivered via maildrop. I made the initial assumption that I needed to configure postfix to invoke maildrop with the user configuration (e.g. path to home directory, maildir, quota, user and group ids) passed as command line arguments so it was available to the maildrop filter. However, maildrop got very upset because it couldn\'t talk to courier-authlib (not surprising as I wasn\'t planning on installing it until I tackle courier-imap).

Having done some digging I now understand that maildrop (even the standalone version) is now completely integrated with authdaemon. I also gather that authlib doesn\'t just do \'authentication\' (as I define that word) but will also retrieve the user configuration for a given userid. I presume that it is in this mode that maildrop uses authlib. That kind of makes sense (after all, the MTA might not be able to pass maildrop this information) but I can\'t work out how to get at this information from within my filter.

So here are my questions:

1. Am I right that I must have courier-authlib running to use maildrop?

2. Does maildrop just use it to retrieve user information (i.e. not try to actually \'authenticate\' anything)?

3. How do I get at this retrieved information in my filter?

I apologise if these are really stupid questions. I\'ve spent hours reading up on this and the fog just hasn\'t lifted. I tried to access this mailing list\'s archives but sourceforge seems to be having a sulk.