Re: [Exim] mail system without unix users

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Author: Gabor Gludovatz
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To: Dave C.
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] mail system without unix users
To keep the mails in a database is not a requirement. The goal is that I
don't want user homes and passwd file modifications.


Gabor

On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Dave C. wrote:

> You want to store the actual *messages* in a mysql database? Or just the
> list of valid accounts? The former would be insane, the latter is quite
> common.
>
> On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Gabor Gludovatz wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > as far as I know, exim is able to get usernames and virtual domains from a
> > mysql database, but for my system I do not want to create linux users at
> > all.
> >
> > I'd like to keep the users' emails in a mysql database, and I want exim to
> > deliver to these 'mysql mailboxes'. And of course I would need a pop3
> > daemon, which is able to get mails from mysql.
> >
> > Is it possible somehow?
> >
> >
>
>


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