[vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Jesse Guardiani
Hello, I have a vpopmail server that I would like to integrate with my billing server. The billing server is behind a firewall, and the mail server is not. I'd like to connect via an encrypted shell, like SSH, but I'd also like the connection to be persistent, to avoid connection costs for batch

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Chris Ess
I'd like to connect via an encrypted shell, like SSH, but I'd also like the connection to be persistent, to avoid connection costs for batch operations. I'd also like to provide a FIFO queue mechanism so that if the mail server reboots, anyone working on the billing server won't get error

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Daniel Ciulinaru
Would you consider using IPSec? As far as I know, IPSec encrypts packets at IP level so you'll avoid batch operations. - Original Message - From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:10 PM Subject: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Ken Jones
Hi, Here is something we built into vpopmail for sites like yours. Use mysql on the email server. Have the billing system insert an entry in the vpopmail table, leaving the directory field blank. vpopmail will automatically create the users directory and update the database when any program

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Jesse Guardiani
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 11:19 am, Chris Ess wrote: I'd like to connect via an encrypted shell, like SSH, but I'd also like the connection to be persistent, to avoid connection costs for batch operations. I'd also like to provide a FIFO queue mechanism so that if the mail server

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Jesse Guardiani
- From: Jesse Guardiani [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 6:10 PM Subject: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration Hello, I have a vpopmail server that I would like to integrate with my billing server. The billing server is behind

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Jesse Guardiani
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:42 pm, Ken Jones wrote: Hi, Here is something we built into vpopmail for sites like yours. Use mysql on the email server. Have the billing system insert an entry in the vpopmail table, leaving the directory field blank. vpopmail will automatically create

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Chris Ess
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Jesse Guardiani wrote: On Wednesday 08 September 2004 11:19 am, Chris Ess wrote: [behold, the power of mail scissors! snip snip] Have you considered 1. A VPN between the two? solves encryption, but not persistence. Also, that's a rather heavy-weight solution.

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Ken Jones
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:03 pm, Jesse Guardiani wrote: On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:42 pm, Ken Jones wrote: Hi, Here is something we built into vpopmail for sites like yours. Use mysql on the email server. Have the billing system insert an entry in the vpopmail table,

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Chris Ess
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Ken Jones wrote: Hi, Here is something we built into vpopmail for sites like yours. Use mysql on the email server. Have the billing system insert an entry in the vpopmail table, leaving the directory field blank. vpopmail will automatically create the users directory

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Ken Jones
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:25 pm, Chris Ess wrote: On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Ken Jones wrote: Hi, Here is something we built into vpopmail for sites like yours. Use mysql on the email server. Have the billing system insert an entry in the vpopmail table, leaving the directory field

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Jesse Guardiani
On Wednesday 08 September 2004 1:25 pm, Ken Jones wrote: On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:03 pm, Jesse Guardiani wrote: On Wednesday 08 September 2004 12:42 pm, Ken Jones wrote: Hi, Here is something we built into vpopmail for sites like yours. Use mysql on the email server.

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Michael Bowe
- Original Message - From: Chris Ess [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Ken Jones wrote: Use mysql on the email server. Have the billing system insert an entry in the vpopmail table, leaving the directory field blank. vpopmail will automatically create the users directory

Re: [vchkpw] vpopmail + billing server integration

2004-09-08 Thread Michael Bowe
- Original Message - From: Michael Bowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Chris Ess [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I know this is getting offtopic...) So I could use an INSERT statement in SQL instead of vadduser? Or am I not understanding this correctly? Yes that