Req: Good virtual mail server howto

[Haulmark, Chris]

Someone broke the silence: 

> I personally like qmail, we use it on our mail server, and like you we
> didn't want to give system accounts so we did it with a mysql patch.
> It took awhile to get up and running but now that it is running we
> have a php script which handles user management, etc.
> 
> www.lifewithqmail.org is a good place to get a start on it.
> http://iain.cx/qmail/mysql/ is the version of qmail we used though
> documentation is limited and it sometimes can be a little tricky. It
> can be compiled in /usr/ports/mail/qmail-mysql though.
> 
> Best of luck
> 

If you opt for using postfix, I like using the www.high5.com howto which also includes using postfix admin to manage your virtual users.

> 
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:07:40 +0000, Chris Smith
> <chris at ninjalabs.co.uk> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Has anyone got any good resources for configuring a virtual pop3/imap
>> server under FreeBSD 5.x?  I need to host mail for more than one
>> domain and do not wish to give users system accounts.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Chris Smith

Chris Haulmark