On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:17 AM, /dev/rob0 <r...@gmx.co.uk> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 05:51:08PM +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote: >> i am using virtual users and domains, where i have 2 virtual domains >> and few users in both. i would like getmail to fetch email via pop3 > > First, I'll note that this is mostly off topic. Postfix has little to > do with this, only incidentally. > yes, i agree but i would be thankful for every peace of help. :)
> > You'll have to run getmail as the system user/group who owns the > mailbox. The Postfix settings which might apply are virtual_uid_maps > and virtual_gid_maps. This user (or users, as the case may be) must > have a valid shell (which you generally would not want in the case of > virtual delivery.) our users are not that good in Linux they can not manage this file by them selves i think i have to define all users in one file if possible and manage it by user Root. > > It looks like you made a $HOME for your virtual users; that's good. > You can keep your files in /maildb/vmail/$domain/$user/.getmail, or > perhaps even in /maildb/vmail/.getmail if it's all one user, as it is > in almost every case. You can make a cron job for the user[s] to > getmail. Refer to the examples as provided by Robert. actually i want to define all users in one file. by user root and by cron job i will fetch all the messages. is it possible defining all the users and their destination in /maildb/vmail/.getmail as shared by you. sorry for my newbie question i am very new with getmail so before getting involve with it i am trying to make a good ground. > > You have weakened the security of your virtual system by providing > this user a real shell and having it call out to the Internet. Thus > why I say this should be done by a system user. If your virtual user > is compromised, all your mail might be at stake. If a system user is > compromised, only that user's mail (and other files) is at risk. i think security will not be an issue. since i haven't published my postfix box and our internal users are not that smart :) they just need their emails one way or another. Thanks > -- > http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting > Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject:
