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
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