Re: POP3 user configuration

2003-08-19 Thread Henrik Hudson
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 10:45, yo _ wrote:
> I'm setting up a POP3/SMTP server (going to use qpopper/sendmail) for my
> community computer access center and i have little experience setting up a
> pop3 server (i have more experience setting up a private smtp relay
> server).
>
> My primary question is how can i set up user accounts strictly for POP3
> access without shell access, or even without the home directory set up. I
> was wondering if maybe (luckily and convieniently) adduser had an option
> for easy pop3 user set-up, but i didn't find any, then i thought that maybe
> i'd make a shell script to do all the restrictions automatically.
>
> I was also wondering if anyone knew how to do that check first/send after
> bit where users must first check their pop3 mailboxes before using the SMTP
> server to send mail out (i want to prevent just anyone from the internet
> from using the SMTP server). Any more comments/suggestions would also be
> greatly appreciated. Thank all of you in advance!
>
> -Rian Hunter

Hey Rian-

IN order to not have system accounts, you should look into virtual mailboxes. 
I would personally recommend going with this setup:

PostFix as the SMTP agent
Courier IMAP as the IMAP, plus POP server
MySQL as the virtual information store

some docs I got from Google:
http://www.high5.net/howto/
http://www.postfix.org/docs.html  also has some good stuff

The POP before send is a SASL setup, although I have never tried setting that 
up since I only mail from my internal network and don't need that.

Hopefully that's gets you going in the right directions.

Henrik
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POP3 user configuration

2003-08-19 Thread yo _
Hello all!

I'm setting up a POP3/SMTP server (going to use qpopper/sendmail) for my 
community computer access center and i have little experience setting up a 
pop3 server (i have more experience setting up a private smtp relay server).

My primary question is how can i set up user accounts strictly for POP3 
access without shell access, or even without the home directory set up. I 
was wondering if maybe (luckily and convieniently) adduser had an option for 
easy pop3 user set-up, but i didn't find any, then i thought that maybe i'd 
make a shell script to do all the restrictions automatically.

I was also wondering if anyone knew how to do that check first/send after 
bit where users must first check their pop3 mailboxes before using the SMTP 
server to send mail out (i want to prevent just anyone from the internet 
from using the SMTP server). Any more comments/suggestions would also be 
greatly appreciated. Thank all of you in advance!

-Rian Hunter

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