Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 06:28:31 -0800 From: Edwin Culp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: "W. Desjardins" <bill@carracing.com> Cc: Freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail server config Message-ID: <1012746511.3c5d490f3cbf2@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net> In-Reply-To: <20020203041958.V92924-100000@mail.carracing.com> References: <20020203041958.V92924-100000@mail.carracing.com>
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Bill,
My suggestion would be to use the new port of the complete courier suite
mail/courier. IMO, compared to what you are trying to do, it is a piece
of cake. Basically installs and works out of the box. Only requires
going through the conf files (very simple), creating virtual users and
starting the daemons. I have only used it with ldap but I'm sure that
the sql's and pam work equally well.
ed
P.S. Yarema <yds@CoolRat.org> has done a great job on this port
and keeping it up to date. It has really simplified running
courier on FreeBSD.
Basic info from ports:
Courier is a modular multiprotocol mail server that's designed to
strike a balance between reasonable performance, flexibility and
features.
A partial list of features:
* Can be configured to function as an intermediate mail relay, or
as a mail server that receives mail for one or more domains, or
anything in between.
* Web-based administration and configuration tool.
* Uses an efficient maildir format as its native mail storage
format. Some support is provided for legacy mbox mailboxes.
* STARTTLS ESMTP extension (as well as IMAP/POP3/Webmail over SSL)
in both the client and the server (requires OpenSSL). The ESMTP
client can optionally require that the remote server's X.509
certificate is signed by a trusted root CA (a default set of
root CAs is provided).
* Mailboxes can be accessed via POP3, IMAP, and HTTP.
* Courier includes a mailing list manager.
* PAM, LDAP, PostgreSQL, or MySQL authentication.
* Authenticated SMTP.
* Integrated mail filtering.
WWW: http://www.Courier-MTA.org/
Quoting "W. Desjardins" <bill@carracing.com>:
> Hello,
>
> I searched the archives and could not find what I needed, so here goes. I
> am looking to setup my mailserver to use user accounts that are not 'real'
> system accounts. basically, I want to be able to use a backend db (mysql
> or postgres) to manage the mail settings for users. I do both hosting and
> colocation for clients and dealing with real user accounts on the mail
> server is getting to be a real pain :(
>
> I am currently using postfix and cucipop, but would like to implement IMAP
> also.
>
> What options do I have for a mail system without 'real' user accounts?
> I would like to stay with postfix, but pop/imap clients are not too
> particular to me.
>
> My requirements are:
>
> - no 'real' user accounts
> - SAFE - a secure system/setup
> - virtual domain email accounts and mapping
> - pop & IMAP
> - SMTP remote auth
>
> Any help/pointers are appreciated.
>
> TIA,
>
> Bill
>
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