The problem with this is, I want it to be transparent to all customers.
In the configuration you just discribed, you have to provide a realm name
where the username belongs, which would mean that there is at least one
setting that customers from linkcc.com would have to change. Too much of
a tech support issue.
Sincerely,
Richard G. Duvall
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Richard G. Duvall wrote:
> >the issue of the permissions. Since we are going
> >to be combining onto one system, username jspada at linkcc will be owned
> >by who? nobody? And, if that's the case, how will the v-pop server have
> >permission to let the user download the email, and change contents of
> >maildrop?
> ...
> > Then, I will have the issue of actually making a v-popper work to check
> > the maildrops in the right place. Figured cucipop could do this, but if I
> > can't compile it, then I guess it won't work.
>
> I wrote a patch to gnu-pop3d (previously called IDS POP) that allows a
> setup like this. I have separate password and alias files and spool
> directories for each domain.
>
> The user gets his/her mail by including the domain name as their username
> within their pop3 client, like user@??? or user:foo2.bar. (The regular
> spool directory and passwd files are used, if they don't include the
> domain name.)
>
> The virtual mailboxes are owned like:
> $ ls -l /var/spool/virtual/donsholsters.com/*
> -rw-rw---- 1 mail mail 19129 Oct 11 18:20 don
>
> Check out http://www.reedmedia.net/projects/virtualmail/ for
> more information and the patch.
>
> (Exim works perfect for delivering the mail to right place.)
>
> Jeremy C. Reed
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