Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:17:49 -0500 From: Henrik Hudson <lists@rhavenn.net> To: "yo _" <exhausted01@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: POP3 user configuration Message-ID: <200308191117.49505.lists@rhavenn.net> In-Reply-To: <Law9-F1174cwqqPxJSw0006ac74@hotmail.com> References: <Law9-F1174cwqqPxJSw0006ac74@hotmail.com>
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On Tuesday 19 August 2003 10:45, yo _ wrote: > I'm setting up a POP3/SMTP server (going to use qpopper/sendmail) for my > community computer access center and i have little experience setting up a > pop3 server (i have more experience setting up a private smtp relay > server). > > My primary question is how can i set up user accounts strictly for POP3 > access without shell access, or even without the home directory set up. I > was wondering if maybe (luckily and convieniently) adduser had an option > for easy pop3 user set-up, but i didn't find any, then i thought that maybe > i'd make a shell script to do all the restrictions automatically. > > I was also wondering if anyone knew how to do that check first/send after > bit where users must first check their pop3 mailboxes before using the SMTP > server to send mail out (i want to prevent just anyone from the internet > from using the SMTP server). Any more comments/suggestions would also be > greatly appreciated. Thank all of you in advance! > > -Rian Hunter Hey Rian- IN order to not have system accounts, you should look into virtual mailboxes. I would personally recommend going with this setup: PostFix as the SMTP agent Courier IMAP as the IMAP, plus POP server MySQL as the virtual information store some docs I got from Google: http://www.high5.net/howto/ http://www.postfix.org/docs.html also has some good stuff The POP before send is a SASL setup, although I have never tried setting that up since I only mail from my internal network and don't need that. Hopefully that's gets you going in the right directions. Henrik -- Henrik Hudson listsNO@SPAMrhavenn.net "`If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.'" --Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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