[Samba] Postfix and Samba best practice

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> My question is this:
> Is it better to store the mail somewhere else entirely - i.e. 
> /var/mail/users or something or a new home directory (/home/mailstorage) 
> or something?  In which case how best to set up permissions?  It seems 
> that when the mail is stored it gets the username as the owner:group.  
> This should mean that logging in over imap should allow that user to 
> read/manipulate mail

Yes, use Cyrus IMAPd, which uses a sealed mailstore, and don't access
your mailbox through anything other than a mail related protocol
(IMAP/POP).

> Or should I try to share out a different directory via Samba.  I.e. 
> Leave the mail in /home/username/.Maildir and get Samba to share out 
> /home/username/samba for example?

You can also continue your current setup and just use Samba's veto files
directive in the home directory share to hide whatever directory
contains the user's mail

[homedir]
  ...
  veto files = /.Maildir/
  ...
  
> Obviously, I can bodge this around with permissions etc but would prefer 
> any links to best practice so that we can implement the best way on all 
> future installs.
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