Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:05:23 +0100 (BST) From: Scot Elliott <scot@planet-three.com> To: Leif Neland <leifn@internet.dk> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Only allow delivery of mail to users in aliases Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980611120351.20516C-100000@uranus.planet-three.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610221619.367A-100000@darla.swimsuit.internet.dk>
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You might want to look at the Cyrus pop server in the ports. I installed it once to have a play, and seem to remember it keeping its' users seperate from /etc/passwd. I'd be interested in knowing how well this works. Yours. Scot. On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > We have pre-created a /etc/passwd with plenty of users with names like > u0001,u0002 etc. > > When customers buy an account, this userid gets an "real email-adress" > (like leifn) in a MySql base. > > A script then creates /etc/aliases, radius database and a passwordfile for > popd. (Users get internet access and a pop3-account). > > Two questions: > > 1: Do these users need to be in /etc/passwd, or can qpopper use its own > password file? > > 2: If users need to be in /etc/passwd, how can we stop mail from being > delivered to users only in /etc/passwd, not in /etc/aliases? > > Leif Neland > leifn@internet.dk > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scot Elliott (scot@poptart.org) | Work: +44 (0)171 7046777 PGP fingerprint: FCAE9ED3A234FEB59F8C7F9DDD112D | Home: +44 (0)181 8961019 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public key available by finger at: finger scot@poptart.org or at: http://www.poptart.org/pgpkey.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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