On 10/18/05 at 15:59, Stefan Jeglinski wrote: > I've successfully tested Postfix receiving from and sending to a user > on the OSX box if that user has a regular account, home folder and > all, etc. But do I have to create a full user acct, home directory > and all, for *every* user, to be able to receive and store mail for > that user? All mail is stored in /var/mail/username, not anywhere in > the user's home folder, AFAICT.
As I recall, one reason I ended up using exim instead of postfix on OS X is because the postfix distributed with OS X is built to only support system users. I considered compiling my own postfix build with support for MySQL users, but then I realized that I might as well look at other alternatives if I was going to roll my own. To make a long story short, exim seemed the to me to be a better MTA that postfix. Add to that the existence of George's ECM package at <http://maxo.captainnet.net/installs/mailserver/index.html>, which provides installer packages for exim and courier-imap, with MySQL, SpamAssassin and ClamAV support, and it was a no-brainer for me. I'm running it on OS X 'Client' rather than OS X Server, but George's packages install just fine on Client with the appropriate [minor] adjustments to the install instructions. -- Christopher Bort | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Webmaster, Global Homes | [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.globalhomes.com/> ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[email protected]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
