From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3CWg-0002fp-MP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:51:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7BClWsh020187; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:47:32 GMT Received: from localhost (catprosystems.net [64.81.81.51]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7BClV9L025054 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:47:31 GMT Received: from [221.163.234.159] (helo=[192.168.10.178]) by localhost with esmtpa (Exim 4.50) id 1E3CTT-0005pA-73 for gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:47:58 -0700 Message-ID: <42FB4916.5060702@catprosystems.com> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:48:22 -0700 From: Yogesh Sharma User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Comments on IMAP Server (cyrus/courier/dovecot) References: <1123731973.5878.30.camel@neuromancer.home.net> In-Reply-To: <1123731973.5878.30.camel@neuromancer.home.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.91.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "trishul", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please check http://silverwraith.com/vexim/ I am using it for last 2 years. The list of features in Virtual Exim 2 includes: [...] Content analysis details: (0.0 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: 7a8aa294-027f-49a5-b8fe-4955e8dd70a1 X-Archives-Hash: ef49f58c129eaad4f85bc389cb0e700c -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please check http://silverwraith.com/vexim/ I am using it for last 2 years. The list of features in Virtual Exim 2 includes: * Software integration: o SpamAssassin o Any Exim-compatible virus scanners o Procmail or any other software which mail can be piped to o MySQL or PostgreSQL backend database support through PearDB o Translations into German, Romanian and Hungarian * Site management: o Add or remove local and relay domains in seconds o Create "aliased" domains whose accounts redirect to mirror accounts on a master domain o Enable and tune quotas for each domain o Choose to use one system UID/GID per site, or a different UID/GID for each domain o Apply limits to the number of accounts each domains can have o Alpha menus to alphabetically sort and list domains on different pages * Domain management: o Create new POP/IMAP accounts, or aliases with ease o Enable or disable any accounts or aliases on the fly o Choose to enable a "catchall" account to receive mail for unknown domain accounts o Create :fail: entries to forcable reject mail to individual addresses o Optionally set quotas on mailboxes o Add new admins to assist in domain management o Alpha menus to alphabetically sort and list accounts on different pages o Set quotas on user acocunt to any amount less than maximum given by the site admin * User management: o Users can change their own passwords o If enabled, users can tune their own SpamAssassin score thresholds to tag, and to delete mail o If enabled, users can choose to reject mail containing viruses o Users can check their own quota thresholds * E-mail filtering: o Siteadmin can define if Anti-Virus or Spamassassin options should be availible to each domain o If enabled for the domain, the domain admin can toggle Anti-Virus and Spamassassin options for each user o User can also change thresholds at which to block potential Spam to suit there needs, enable/disable virus checking, and also set maximum message size limits for their inbound mail. o Users can enter e-mail headers on which to block mail. This also allows the simple blacklisting of individual e-mail addresses o Virtual Exim also allows users to set vacation messages while they are away on vacation. The inbound messages get delivered as normal, and their sender gets a custom reply which the user can create o Users also have the option to forward all inbound e-mail to any other e-mail account Ow Mun Heng wrote: >I'm just doing some testing for setting up a virtual mailhosting >I've read the Gentoo Virt Mail Howto and quite a few others but still >have some questions. > >Choosen Mail Server : Postfix >IMAP Client under consideration : Cyrus IMAP/Courier IMAP/DoveCot > >Requirements. >1. Ability to do Virtual Mail Hosting >2. Ability to support local Users (see note) >3. Scalable >4. Support for flat file Passwords(/etc/passwd) or LDAP/MySQL > >Note : >a. Some users will be local users. These users will have SSH/SFTP/FTP >b. Some users will need to have FTP access (NO SSH) to webhosting > >The problem here is mainly due to note (a) and (b) where there is a need >for local users. What I want, what is written on postfix's site >(http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_README.html) is a variation of > >i) NON Postfix Store : Separate Domains, NON-Unix Accounts > and >ii) Postfix store : Separate Domains, UNIX Accounts > >Can all of these be done using NON-Postfix Store >(cyrus/courier/dovecot) : Separate Domains with Unix and Non Unix >Accounts? Depending on whether there is need for note (a) and (b) > >or should I just put the local users on a separate box? > >What are you using? I've seen quite a lot of Howto and docs but seems like >my choice isn't one of those widely used scenerios. In addition to that, >it also doesn't seem cyrus-imapd is much used too. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFC+0kUqjyCvrpPZ1sRAiiNAJ46AQksez81Q3x9i6bW6P8KAh+oogCfRfan v/on7F0G4eOnH4LWW7aE7hc= =3G30 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-server@gentoo.org mailing list