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Date:      Thu, 11 May 2000 14:55:16 -0300 (ADT)
From:      Theo Bell <freebsd@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>
To:        Rudy Rucker <rudy@dipsy.monkeybrains.net>
Cc:        Grandpa Walrus <root@web-walrus.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Question regarding POP3
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10005111453420.65016-100000@cfdnet.me.tuns.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005111037350.1366-100000@dipsy.monkeybrains.net>

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Hi,

I am pretty sure you can do what you want with qmail.  I haven't tried it
yet myself but I plan to.

http://www.tibus.net/pgregg/projects/qmail/single-uid-howto.html

Theo

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Rudy Rucker wrote:

> 
> I know how to implement 'a solution'.  It is probably not the best,
> nevertheless, I use this methodology (I manage about 10 domain names).
> It works with FBS out-of-the-box.
> 
> YOu have to create unique unix accounts for every user.  To do this
> prepend every user name with a suffix to identify which domain they reside
> in.  (this makes it easy to erase a bunch of domain names when a domain
> stops hosting with you as well).
> 
>  DOMAIN NAME         -> SUFFIX for unix level username
>  marinasancarlos.com -> msc
>  stim.com            -> sti
>  thebiglebowski.com  -> tbl
> 
> Next, take care of incoming mail with some sendmail configuration
> tweaks in /etc/mail/virutalusertable:
>    @marinasancarlos.com	msc-%1
>    @stim.com	sti-%1
>    @thebiglebowski.com	tbl-%1
> 
> (don't forget to add all these domains to your /etc/mail/sendmail.cw file)
> (don't forget to go to http://www.sendmail.org/ to figure out how to set
> up a virtualusertable)
> 
> Now, tell your users their POP accounts are msc-sales, msc-support,
> tbl-support, etc.  (don't forget to make these accounts with 'adduser'!)
> 
> Rudy
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 11 May 2000, Grandpa Walrus wrote:
> 
> > Does anybody know how to implement a virtual pop server solution on
> > FreeBSD?
> > 
> > i.e.
> > 
> > I have three domains on my server (a.com, b.com, and c.com).
> > a.com wants three pop mail accounts - sales, support, and theirname
> > b.com wants four pop mail accounts - sales, abuse, theirname, and foo
> > c.com wants two pop mail accounts - support and abuse.
> > 
> > This creates several overlaps.  Without putting them on seperate servers,
> > is there a good way to go about this?  I would think it would be possible
> > (with sufficient tweaking) to get the popper to authenticate against
> > different password files depending on the domain...is there a package that
> > implements this currently?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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