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 -- <<<<< EVACUATION ROUTE <<<<< ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt1)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alt2)| | Web: http://www.solsys.org: Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP Fingerprint: AF0F FB75 997B 025F 4538 5AD6 9888 5D97 170B 8B7A
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