Not really, because the /etc/passwd users telnet in and use pine and other
such functions.
Thanks,
Tren.
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On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Brad Dameron wrote:
>
> However I do believe it is best to have all mail setup as virtual domains.
> This allows you to use the Qmailadmin with all your accounts and makes it
> easier to manage.
>
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> Brad Dameron [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Network Account Executive 877-663-4349
> TSCNet Online Services www.tscnet.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Shupp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 3:44 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Strange request...
> >
> >
> > on 3/2/01 4:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Hi List;
> > >
> > > I'm really not sure if this is possible, but here is my question.
> > >
> > > With VPOPMail, you can support /etc/passwd users. With the
> > POP3 daemon
> > > that comes with it, you can authenticate an /etc/passwd
> > user and open up
> > > the relay for that user.
> > >
> > > Now, if you use another program that works off of the
> > vpopmail library
> > > (such as courier imap for example) it will handle virtual
> > domain users (in
> > > the form of [EMAIL PROTECTED]) but, it will NOT handle
> > /etc/passwd users
> > > being passed down to the vpopmail authentication module and
> > thus open a
> > > relay for that user.
> > >
> > > I suppose the answer would be to move the /etc/passwd users
> > into a virtual
> > > domain and compile it with default domain, but it seems
> > that since the
> > > vpopmail program can handle it, why can the library not
> > handle it for
> > > other programs that support vpopmail authentication?
> >
> > It should work. Just have courierimap ONLY use the
> > authvchkpw module. And
> > if vchkpw is setup to authorize /etc/passwd users, it should work.
> >
> > -Bill
> >
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