From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Jun 11 04:05:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA19688 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 04:05:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from uranus.planet-three.com (homer.duff-beer.com [194.207.51.241] (may be forged)) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA19679 for ; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 04:05:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from scot@planet-three.com) Received: from localhost (scot@localhost) by uranus.planet-three.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA20562; Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:05:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scot@poptart.org) Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 12:05:23 +0100 (BST) From: Scot Elliott X-Sender: scot@uranus.planet-three.com To: Leif Neland cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Only allow delivery of mail to users in aliases In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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