This problem is easily fixed, by having one IP for each domain and a
couple more lines of code...
(Of course, your customers must be using the pop server domain name that
is unique for their domain -- or they'd all have to change it.)
-jeremy reed
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Richard G. Duvall wrote:
> 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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> >
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>
Jeremy C. Reed
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