On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Michael J. Maravillo wrote:
..
> On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 08:01:16PM +0800, I wrote:
> > On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 07:47:38PM +0800, Orlando Andico wrote:
> > >
> > > Well that's true. But generally sendmail authenticates users via
> > > /etc/passwd, so you *still* need a local account, thus hitting the uid
> > > limit.
> >
> > I guess you mean POP, IMAP, or some e-mail retrieval service
> > here... since sendmail does not do any authentication.
>
> Oh, almost forgot. Of course there's SMTP-AUTH which
> authenticates users. Though, I don't think it's relevant here
> since it's mostly used in mail-relay services.
No, I mean it will return invalid user or something if the user doesnt
exist.. that is unless its a virtual user in /etc/aliases or
/etc/virtusertable.
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