Cleiton Luiz Siqueira wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have some doubts about the qmail system. I've read the FAQ's and
> "Life with
> qmail" and others documentations, but I didn't get to figure out
> somethings.
> I'm a begginner in this subject and I count on you to help me.
> I installed the qmail package in a freeBSD box, but initially it
> doesn't working.
> So, I'd like to know if qmail system always needs additional
> programs to
> authenticate users and delivery messages like a checkpassword and
> safecat programs.
> Are there others programs to do them?
> I would like to figure out how checkpassword and safecat work.
> My doubts are!
> How does checkpassword catch the messages from the maildir mailbox
> and delivery
> to the message to qmail-pop3 or the client?
> How does safecat put in the messages into the maildir mailbox?
> I know that safecat catchs the messages from the standard input and
> write
> into the maildir mailbox, but how are this messages put in the std input
> and how
> does safecat catch them?
>
> Regards Cleiton.
I don't enjoy the ideia of installing servers app using ports
facilities!
Ports only works for userland apps! Since i always enjoy giving a
personal touch on my servers (fine tunning on behalf of performance, for
instance), i would install my server by hand!
