From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jan 25 05:52:26 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA17043 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 05:52:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from loki.intrepid.net (intrepid.net [204.71.127.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA17036 for ; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 05:52:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@intrepid.net) Received: (from mark@localhost) by loki.intrepid.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA04821; Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:52:20 -0500 Message-ID: <19990125085220.A2412@intrepid.net> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:52:20 -0500 From: Mark Conway Wirt To: Matthew Hagerty , freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Email without an account References: <4.1.19990124193708.00a1daf0@firebat.wolfepub.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990124193708.00a1daf0@firebat.wolfepub.com>; from Matthew Hagerty on Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 07:44:42PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 07:44:42PM -0500, Matthew Hagerty wrote: > Greetings, > > I am running 3.0-stable and I am in charge of the email. Could someone > tell me the accepted way to provide email? I understand anyone with an > account or an alias to an account can receive email, but what about > providing *virtual* email accounts? For example, email to a virtual user > would only take space in the mail directory and the owner of the account > could only connect via POP3. The username and password files would be (or > should be) separate from the system password files. qmail provides this ability. If you're used to using sendmail, there is a bit of a learning curve, but qmail, is a nice, full-featured package. Note, however, that's it's probably overkill for a small installation. --Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message