Re: [expert] web mail server
Hi Mate, actually - I'd propose the use of squirrelmail in conjunction with the cyrus-Imap/Sasl-auth server. Works like a charm - once you set up the sasl part ;) Cyrus has an administration console - and once you got used to it - it's very handy to use. Cheers Joerg On Sunday 05 October 2003 00:58, Leonardo Sá wrote: > thanks for the answers guys. > > > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Leonardo Sá wrote: > > > i'm planning to do a mail user management (like to add and remove mail > > > users, but only mail users) via the web using apache. I know that > > > postfix can use mysql (and mysql records can be added via web using > > > php) to authenticate it's users but i don't have any ideas on how to > > > create new users for imap (imap-2000a) access. > > > > TTBOMK, the only difference between a "mail-only" user and a standard > > user is the former's lack of a valid default shell definition in > > /etc/passwd (which is what prevents them from being able to login). > > Certainly, if one plans to use imap, such users will need their own home > > directories, as that is where imap will store their mail folders. It > > seems to me that if you want to administer these users over the web (and > > securely, obviously), Webmin is the easiest way to do it, and would work > > "right out of the box". > > I don't want to use webmin for this because people that will use it are > not very used to *nix systems, so i must do something very simple. > > > Setting up LDAP is another option, > > I need some research on this > > > Reading your subject line, I thought you were looking for a > > webmail server - reading the body - well, I'm not quite sure (but > > that's probably just me :) ) > > i just want to add users (and remove them) to my mail system > > > Anyway, here's a suggestion anyway, and if it's retarded, than > > just ignore: > > www.squirrelmail.org > > thanks for the suggestion :) > > So, i just need to figure out a way to add new users to my system via > the web. I'll try to research it by myself, but if someone has ideas, > please let me know. > > Regards, > Leonardo Sá -- < EVACUATION ROUTE < | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt1)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Alt2)| | Web: http://www.solsys.org: Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | PGP Fingerprint: AF0F FB75 997B 025F 4538 5AD6 9888 5D97 170B 8B7A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] web mail server
thanks for the answers guys. > On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Leonardo Sá wrote: > > > i'm planning to do a mail user management (like to add and remove mail > > users, but only mail users) via the web using apache. I know that > > postfix can use mysql (and mysql records can be added via web using php) > > to authenticate it's users but i don't have any ideas on how to create > > new users for imap (imap-2000a) access. > > TTBOMK, the only difference between a "mail-only" user and a standard user > is the former's lack of a valid default shell definition in /etc/passwd > (which is what prevents them from being able to login). Certainly, if one > plans to use imap, such users will need their own home directories, as > that is where imap will store their mail folders. It seems to me that if > you want to administer these users over the web (and securely, obviously), > Webmin is the easiest way to do it, and would work "right out of the box". I don't want to use webmin for this because people that will use it are not very used to *nix systems, so i must do something very simple. > Setting up LDAP is another option, I need some research on this > Reading your subject line, I thought you were looking for a > webmail server - reading the body - well, I'm not quite sure (but > that's probably just me :) ) i just want to add users (and remove them) to my mail system > Anyway, here's a suggestion anyway, and if it's retarded, than > just ignore: > www.squirrelmail.org thanks for the suggestion :) So, i just need to figure out a way to add new users to my system via the web. I'll try to research it by myself, but if someone has ideas, please let me know. Regards, Leonardo Sá Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] web mail server
Leonardo Sá said: > i'm planning to do a mail user management (like to add and remove > mail > users, but only mail users) via the web using apache. I know that > postfix can use mysql (and mysql records can be added via web > using php) > to authenticate it's users but i don't have any ideas on how to > create > new users for imap (imap-2000a) access. > > Any ideas? > > Regards, > Leonardo Sá Reading your subject line, I thought you were looking for a webmail server - reading the body - well, I'm not quite sure (but that's probably just me :) ) Anyway, here's a suggestion anyway, and if it's retarded, than just ignore: www.squirrelmail.org -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern. -- Edgar A. Shoaff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] web mail server
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, Leonardo Sá wrote: > i'm planning to do a mail user management (like to add and remove mail > users, but only mail users) via the web using apache. I know that > postfix can use mysql (and mysql records can be added via web using php) > to authenticate it's users but i don't have any ideas on how to create > new users for imap (imap-2000a) access. TTBOMK, the only difference between a "mail-only" user and a standard user is the former's lack of a valid default shell definition in /etc/passwd (which is what prevents them from being able to login). Certainly, if one plans to use imap, such users will need their own home directories, as that is where imap will store their mail folders. It seems to me that if you want to administer these users over the web (and securely, obviously), Webmin is the easiest way to do it, and would work "right out of the box". Setting up LDAP is another option, but I've never wrestled with that. :) -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 The engineer is neither optimist nor pessimist. He sees the proverbial half-full/empty glass and says, "The glass is twice as big as there is any need for it to be." Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
