Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Davide Libenzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm doing an SMTP / POP3 / Finger server that run on Linux & M$ WinNT that >support an unlimited number of users and that is not linked to system user >accounts. >It is written in C++ using gcc in Linux and Visual C++ in M$

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread Davide Libenzi
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Ronald Tin wrote: > I am about to build a (group of?) e-mail server for > a large number of users... more than 65536. > Using Debian of course. :) > It should include SMTP and IMAP. Users do not need to have > login accounts. > Probably I will be using Potato. > > What should

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread William Burrow
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 07:21:49PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, William Burrow wrote: > > You design your server to separate the paths that users are permitted to > > access in a consistent, logical manner. The fact that a path exists to > > the user does not mean it maps dir

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread William Burrow
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 06:27:58PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > So can exim. The problem is not delivering email via smtp ... the problem > is accessing it via IMAP. If you have >64K users, how do you set > permissions so that one user can not deduce the path to another user's > directory and pote

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, George Bonser wrote: > NOT want to be able to type the path to another user's directory and see > their mail (or they, mine). My mail folders need to be unreadable by any > other user except me and the mail delivery program. That is why you integrate the proper security meas

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread William Burrow
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 06:27:58PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, William Burrow wrote: > > > qmail can handle an unlimited number of users in an unlimited number of > > domains using the likes of vchkpw. Check out: > > So can exim. The problem is not delivering email via smt

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-12 Thread William Burrow
On Sun, Dec 12, 1999 at 05:11:54AM +0800, Ronald Tin wrote: > How could I deliver mails to accounts that don't really > exist? (I can't allocate 10 uids on a single machine, right?) > I have only read the FAQ and anatomy for postfix > Shall I play with the "mailbox transport" option for > l

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-11 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Ronald Tin wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 05:07:53PM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > I've seen setups like these being mentioned in the Postfix ML (more than one > > person there claimed more than 10 users under Cyrus IMAPD+Postfix). > > Sorry if this question look

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-11 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > Postfix is very easy to setup, very light on the cpu and is engineered for > security and speed (runs in a chroot jail in debian's default configuration, Hmm... my bad here. Debian's postfix can be very easily set to run chrooted (just change a bun

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-11 Thread Ronald Tin
On Sat, Dec 11, 1999 at 05:07:53PM -0200, Henrique M Holschuh wrote: > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > It should include SMTP and IMAP. Users do not need to have login > > > accounts. Probably I will be using Potato. > > > > > > What should I start with? > > > >

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-11 Thread Henrique M Holschuh
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > It should include SMTP and IMAP. Users do not need to have login > > accounts. Probably I will be using Potato. > > > > What should I start with? > > Either exim or postfix, definitely - they're very easy to configure. I've > not h

Re: Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-11 Thread Phil Brutsche
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > I am about to build a (group of?) e-mail server for > a large number of users... more than 65536. Ooh... that's quite a few :) > Using Debian of course. :) A noble cause! > It should include SMTP and IMAP. Users do not need to have l

Mail servers for large numbers of users

1999-12-11 Thread Ronald Tin
I am about to build a (group of?) e-mail server for a large number of users... more than 65536. Using Debian of course. :) It should include SMTP and IMAP. Users do not need to have login accounts. Probably I will be using Potato. What should I start with? Are there good open sourced MTA and IMAP