On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:33:02PM -0700, Matt Mouser wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am new to QMail and had a fe questions before I started to research how to
> configure it. I want to see if it's even suitable for the job first. First
> Question, how large is a standard binary for linux? Can it be stripped down?
> The reason I ask is because I use a very minimal linux distro designed just
> for networking so it's very quick and small and runs completely out of ram.
> As will any package I put on it.
Here's the breakdown of the size of qmail on a redhat 5.2 system (glibc2.0):
[spacey@uptime src]# sudo du -sk /var/qmail/*
15 /var/qmail/alias
674 /var/qmail/bin
11 /var/qmail/boot
9 /var/qmail/control
12 /var/qmail/defaultdelivery
323 /var/qmail/man
208 /var/qmail/queue
1 /var/qmail/users
You can do without the man pages if you're willing to store them elsewhere
for your own reference (i.e. if your users won't chew you out for it).
> Next Question, will qmail handle multiple
> vhost pop accounts. I kknow nothing about mailservers but I want to make
> sure that this server allows me to have virtual domains with accounts from
> each one. Like for ex: Say a vhost is somthing.com. I want that user to be
> able to login in to pop3.something.com with whatever the username (If the
> address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] then he logs in webmaster) and be able to
> check his/her mail. I want Qmail to not have to use a seperate unix user
> account for each pop account cause then I can't have more than one webmaster
> login, etc... This would be a problem. Thanks and sorry if these answers
> were asked earlier.
This is a basic feature of qmail. The management of it is commonly handled
by something like http://www.inter7.com/vchkpw.
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