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Date:      Tue, 20 Apr 1999 17:59:40 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      Martin Machacek <mm@i.cz>
To:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mail redirection
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990420175940.mm@i.cz>
In-Reply-To: <371C97E5.FED95478@softweyr.com>

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On 20-Apr-99 Wes Peters wrote:
> Thomas Uhrfelt wrote:
>> 
>> On our network we have about 40-50 users on their own workstations ( a mix
>> of
>> Macs,Win95:s and NTs ). And as it is today, they themselves fetch/send the
>> mail from our mailprovider ( pop3 & smtp ) at their own will. What I am
>> trying to accomplish now is for the FreeBSD box to fetch all their mail (
>> maybe 1-2 times an hour ) and act as a POP/SMTP server to the users,
>> carrying
>> their mail for them and sending in out to the mailprovider.
>> 
>> Each person got their own password / uid on the mailserver so the FreeBSD
>> box
>> of course needs to know that information. My biggest concern is that I don't
>> want to create "users" on the FreeBSD box.

Use qmail and qpop. It allows to have separate user database independant on
/etc/passwd.


        Martin 

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