Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 10:45:20 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <wash@wananchi.com> To: Exim Users <exim-users@exim.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Exim + Virtual POP accounts Message-ID: <20011118104520.B81675@ns2.wananchi.com>
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--17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Hello list-ers, I am looking at setting up virtual mailboxes but I must first seek advise because I've never had a go at it. If this is a FAQ somewhere I'll just be as glad to head there. This is going to be my first attempt at this, on a FreeBSD platform. At the moment I handle virtual domains in two ways: Scene 1: *@domain1.com: mailboxX Those e-mails are picked using a server like MDaemon, which then sorts out the e-mails using the local accounts created on it. I have no problem with this one so far. Scene 2: wash@wash.com: wash marc@wash.com: marc those two are delivered to /var/mail/$local_part where in this case the local part is a valid account on my main server - mail.wananchi.com. This is what I may have to change. Please read on. Now what I'd like to do is this: If I host a virtual domain called virtual.dom, I want mail for that domain to be delivered to /var/virtdomains/$domain/$local_part so that mail for marc@virtual.com is stored in /var/mail/virtual.dom/marc. Marc should then be able to login as marc@virtual.dom in order to pick his e-mails. This whole scenario should still leave me with the freedom to have marc@wananchi.com whose mail is in /var/mail/marc and who logs in simply as marc. At a higher level, I also need to handle aliases for these virtual domains, separate from my main aliases file. I hope that I am making my point clearly and not blubbing, no? Sometimes language barrier makes us fall short of putting the main issue clearly ;) Is that scenario possible? Are there MUAs (even web based) that are capable of being used in that kind of setup? vm-pop3d seems to be one of the POP3 daemons that can do this but I've never tested it. Again, how do I authenticate these virtual users? Since my adduser.pl script in FreeBSD creates homes in /home/username and mailbox in /var/mail/username..... I'm confused about all this but I am sure people have done it. This is my plea for their help. I sincerely trust that someone can advise me on this - the steps they took, even a mini-howto from personal notes. One major question is how to get separate passwd files for the virtual-domain users and the main system users.How do you add your users? I'm looking at this from the FreeBSD perspective. Thanking you in advance. -Wash -- Anything free is worth what you pay for it. --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE792cQn7LIsuxjem8RApaAAKCZ/dxEEiuqdEtNNB/4gJAcE68GIgCfQf/3 tn7vQBV16lMjDvuOg3CH6VE= =9wKv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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