Chris McCarthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I am setting up a webmail system on top of qmail. I thought once I had a
> /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow entry for a user, that would be sufficient
> to receive email. This is not the case, unless the user also has a valid
> home directory owned by that user, qmail says the user does not exist.
>
> delivery 1661: failure: Sorry,_no_mailbox_here_by_that_name._(#5.1.1)/
>
>
> Is there a way around this ? I would like to avoid creating lots of home
> directories that will not be used for anything else. I want all freemail
> users to share the same home directory.
Checkout the vpopmail (vchkpw) package at http://www.inter7.com/vchkpw/
R.
