From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 18:46:18 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C091216A420 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com (rv-out-0910.google.com [209.85.198.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76BFC13C45B for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mnslinky@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id l15so686571rvb.43 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:46:18 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=EFqDliW1PhZROalFUqBAlm5srn8xoQPYciCz/MXavcA=; b=Wawh8oZ/Do/B79e92dz5E5wf4Rw1qyFwaTzwQFJWw40vQ9d7pLUOqzQ1/At7Jm87c1GAw3Uj/aIfTaljwrrUYEnXeL8f7cP1hs0i6WCuyFKUqjceyMV4T9rplEyRya7xAF5raNIkxKvuqBhh1FtzhuaYIM7XYeofs4T1tXRqjy8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=cc:message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references:x-mailer; b=d+sQitQE8PGrAb/kLkJ1FjAmCi+cmeaTPcLEaZYn9aO19HbziXYApDV0pWg5+kajcpDpERF7w+hzbrYFzvKF3BXZfzepQNJLgC0cuEwefBRKvS8hBe+ZdBpyRTc2nv+2oUGATQ7f/DJX4pxXcmbRpdpe72BkB6COhzQg9LfP0CY= Received: by 10.140.126.14 with SMTP id y14mr1329208rvc.59.1197571577377; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:46:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from swordfish.local.claimlynx.com ( [74.95.66.25]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f60sm20913384pyh.2007.12.13.10.46.14 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:46:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <921E40EF-5D67-4D41-9E3D-25F362D51344@gmail.com> From: Eric Crist To: Daniel Bye In-Reply-To: <20071213183623.GA1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v915) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:46:15 -0600 References: <340a29540712121231p3524aa19u76fb867560915a32@mail.gmail.com> <20071212205137.GA1043@brick.slightlystrange.org> <47615752.6060800@gmail.com> <27022.67.100.188.210.1197563222.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> <340a29540712130840s2e052f54ic027abbc9723e243@mail.gmail.com> <20071213183623.GA1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.915) Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Suggestions please for what POP or IMAP servers to use X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:18 -0000 On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:40:50AM -0700, Andrew Falanga wrote: >> sounds like everyone is sold on dovecot. Great!. I've a few >> questions. I >> went and looked it up on freshports.org and found the main web >> site. Can >> anyone explain to me what problems they have with mail clients >> attaching? >> See http://wiki.dovecot.org/Clients . This shows some interesting >> problems >> and I'd like to know if everyone using dovecot sees these problems. > > I use mutt 1.4.2.3i, which works without problems. I have also used > Thunderbird with it, as does my business partner, and spotted no > issues > there either. > >> >> Second, how do programs like dovecot manage users? Does each user >> of the >> e-mail system need to be a user of the FreeBSD system (installed >> locally)? > > As Gerard said, dovecot can handle virtual users. There are several > ways > to do this - probably the most scalable will be SQL and LDAP, although > you can use passwd-file as well. There's some good documentation on > the > web site, particularly http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication. > > Dan Sorry if this has been suggested, I'm coming in to the conversation late. There is a very detailed how-to on www.purplehat.org on setting up a Postfix server with dovecot and mysql. They even walk you through setting up spam filtering and anti-virus. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks