On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:46:13 +0800 Ow Mun Heng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just doing some testing for setting up a virtual mailhosting > I've read the Gentoo Virt Mail Howto and quite a few others but still > have some questions. > > Choosen Mail Server : Postfix > IMAP Client under consideration : Cyrus IMAP/Courier IMAP/DoveCot > > Requirements. > 1. Ability to do Virtual Mail Hosting > 2. Ability to support local Users (see note) > 3. Scalable > 4. Support for flat file Passwords(/etc/passwd) or LDAP/MySQL > > Note : > a. Some users will be local users. These users will have SSH/SFTP/FTP > b. Some users will need to have FTP access (NO SSH) to webhosting > > The problem here is mainly due to note (a) and (b) where there is a need > for local users. What I want, what is written on postfix's site > (http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html) is a variation of > > i) NON Postfix Store : Separate Domains, NON-Unix Accounts > and > ii) Postfix store : Separate Domains, UNIX Accounts > > Can all of these be done using NON-Postfix Store > (cyrus/courier/dovecot) : Separate Domains with Unix and Non Unix > Accounts? Depending on whether there is need for note (a) and (b) > > or should I just put the local users on a separate box? > > What are you using? I've seen quite a lot of Howto and docs but seems like > my choice isn't one of those widely used scenerios. In addition to that, > it also doesn't seem cyrus-imapd is much used too. > > > > > -- > Ow Mun Heng > Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz 1.5GB RAM > 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! > Neuromancer 11:23:21 up 3:57, 6 users, load average: 1.00, 0.81, 0.71 > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > If you're using postfix check out postfixadmin http://high5.net/postfixadmin/ you just have to make sure you configure the postfix database tables and postfix database config files the way it is shown in the postfix howto on postfixadmin's site. because if you use the gentoo howto the tables will be different and you would get entries created that won't get queried. -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Darko Luketic -- [email protected] mailing list
