Dimitri SZAJMAN wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Just a little question ;-)
> My box running qmail 1.03 was primary designed to host lot of mails for
> virtualdomains... so I installed vpopmail and I am happy with it.
>
> But now I am creating more and more accounts NOT into virtualhost. I
> explain : my box is joke.xinus.net and I am creating @xinus.net accounts,
> and I don't want to create via adduser for each new user, so can I admin
> @xinus.net emails like virtualhosts ?
>
> I hope you understood me ! Thanks !
>
> _______________
> Dimitri SZAJMAN
You could just do what I do and that is make all domains virtual even
your own. That way you have all the domains under one directory tree
and all the passwords and etc is handled by vpopmail. That way you can
use vpopbull and send out mass e-mail to all users on the box if you
have to. I think it works out better then just using the vpopmail just
for virtual hosts.
Making your own domain virtual makes it so you don't have as many or any
accounts in the systems own passwd file (beyond root and one user
account that you can use to su to root with) which means if there isn't
an account there then no one can try to gain access using it. If
someone would happen to get a password from pop3 it would only let them
send mail and not get into your box. This adds some security to your
box and allows easier management.
This is one way of doing what you want I would imagine there are other
ways but I think this way works best for me. I hope this is what you
are talking about.
Take Care,
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Dale Miracle
System Administrator
Teoi Virtual Web Hosting
