From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 25 20:38:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DB9416A420 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:38:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vaaf@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1smout1.broadpark.no (osl1smout1.broadpark.no [80.202.4.58]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B00E043D55 for ; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:38:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from vaaf@broadpark.no) Received: from osl1sminn1.broadpark.no ([80.202.4.59]) by osl1smout1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWP003AFAOC4E20@osl1smout1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:38:36 +0100 (CET) Received: from urban.broadpark.no ([213.187.181.70]) by osl1sminn1.broadpark.no (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.1 HotFix 0.05 (built Oct 21 2004)) with ESMTP id <0IWP001YHAOCZS20@osl1sminn1.broadpark.no> for questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:38:36 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 21:38:42 +0100 From: Vaaf To: questions@freebsd.org Message-id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060325213043.023916c8@broadpark.no> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Cc: Subject: E-mail server, minimalist approach 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: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 20:38:38 -0000 Hello! I am curious about the best practices of hosting other people's e-mails in FreeBSD, using Postfix and MySQL if necessary. I used to use Postfixadmin but lately I feel sick when using badly laid out web user interfaces like that. Maintaining stuff graphically not only makes me want to change and redesign everything I see---it also makes it difficult for me to store my configurations in my configuration repository. Is there a minimalist approach to this? Any recommendations? (the following is off topic) My minimalist approach to using MySQL for instance, is to stay away from phpMyAdmin and just create my databases like this: CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS database; GRANT USAGE ON database.* TO database@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; GRANT ALL ON database.* TO database@localhost; Those are 3 lines that go well into my mysql.txt file, further subjected to encryption, DVD burning and then burrial somewhere deep inside the Sahara desert. Thanks folks! -- Vaaf