From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Feb 3 6:28:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from encontacto.net (adsl-64-173-182-158.dsl.mtry01.pacbell.net [64.173.182.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BEE037B404 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 06:28:36 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by encontacto.net (8.11.6/8.11.4) id g13ESV798897; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 06:28:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eculp@encontacto.net) Received: from 64.173.182.155 ( [64.173.182.155]) as user eculp@EnContacto.Net by Mail.SavvyWorld.Net with HTTP; Sun, 3 Feb 2002 06:28:31 -0800 Message-ID: <1012746511.3c5d490f3cbf2@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net> Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 06:28:31 -0800 From: Edwin Culp To: "W. Desjardins" Cc: Freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail server config References: <20020203041958.V92924-100000@mail.carracing.com> In-Reply-To: <20020203041958.V92924-100000@mail.carracing.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 4.0-cvs X-Originating-IP: 64.173.182.155 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 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" : > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Desjardins - bill@carracing.com - (USA) 305.205.8644 > http://www.CarRacing.com - Powered by FreeBSD/mod_perl > http://www.FreeBSD.org - The Best OS money cant buy! > http://www.EtherneXt.com - High-Performance Co-Location > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > --- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message