Re: How to use only flat-file for passwords when using non-system users for a hosted, virtual domain?

2014-07-11 Thread Arun
Thanks to everybody for the pointer to the good ideas and docs. I read everything and made some mistakes but I have it working with the flatfile style now! Thanks Arun On Wednesday, July 9, 2014 11:59 PM, Narcis Garcia wrote: > > >As I understood, Postfix can deliver letters to a maildi

Re: How to use only flat-file for passwords when using non-system users for a hosted, virtual domain?

2014-07-09 Thread Narcis Garcia
As I understood, Postfix can deliver letters to a maildir/mailbox without MDA, but no IMAP/POP3 access service will provide. I believe too that SASL is a good way for authentication: http://www.postfix.org/SASL_README.html Postfix can have its own authentication with plain-text files, but has no

Re: How to use only flat-file for passwords when using non-system users for a hosted, virtual domain?

2014-07-09 Thread Muhammad Yousuf Khan
Postfix is an MTA only. for IMAP and POP you need dovecot or courier combined with Postfix. Thanks, Yousuf On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Arun wrote: > Hello, > > I am just starting to build up my Postfix server. > > I have been reading the many docs. I decided to set up with > virtual_do

Re: How to use only flat-file for passwords when using non-system users for a hosted, virtual domain?

2014-07-09 Thread DTNX Postmaster
On 10 Jul 2014, at 08:21, Arun wrote: > Hello, > > I am just starting to build up my Postfix server. > > I have been reading the many docs. I decided to set up with virtual_domains. > > For a simple first step I am not using the MySQL database tables yet, only > flat files. > > In my main.c

Re: How to use only flat-file for passwords when using non-system users for a hosted, virtual domain?

2014-07-09 Thread Dominik George
Hi Arun, >How do I add a password for the "a...@mx.testdomain.loc" that I would >use in my mail client program, like Thunderbird, to access the >account?  Both for sending and receiving? receiving is clearly out oft scope here, but implies you will be using an IMAP server. In that case, Dovecot

How to use only flat-file for passwords when using non-system users for a hosted, virtual domain?

2014-07-09 Thread Arun
Hello, I am just starting to build up my Postfix server. I have been reading the many docs.  I decided to set up with virtual_domains. For a simple first step I am not using the MySQL database tables yet, only flat files. In my main.cf configuration file I put /usr/local/etc/postfix/main.cf