From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 9 04:57:50 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 F116E16A41F for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:57:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from phrac@disflux.com) Received: from mail.disflux.com (tconl90110.tconl.com [204.26.90.110]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08B143D49 for ; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 04:57:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from phrac@disflux.com) Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [192.168.1.100]) by mail.disflux.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67CC71701B; Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:57:59 -0600 (CST) In-Reply-To: <000701c6149e$1e961b60$0900a8c0@satellite> References: <000701c6149e$1e961b60$0900a8c0@satellite> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) X-Priority: 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Derek Musselmann Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:57:48 -0600 To: Dave X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: adding virtual webmail users, freebsd6 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: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:57:51 -0000 Yes, it is doable with postfix and it's not too complicated. You'll basically need a database for the backend (mysql, postgresql) and a few config changes to postfix. There are several tutorials available on the postfix website: http://www.postfix.org/docs.html ----- Derek Musselmann http://www.disflux.com On Jan 8, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Dave wrote: > Hello, > I'm setting up a webmail solution on freebsd6. So far i've got > the underlying MTA Postfix working. I've installed Squirrelmail > from ports so far all of this installed fine. Now i want to give > another user an administrative function, adding virtual users, so > that i won't have to manually add real users whenever a new account > is needed. Is this doable? > Thanks. > Dave. >