From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 13 18:36:27 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5248216A41A for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: from catflap.slightlystrange.org (cpc5-cmbg1-0-0-cust497.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [86.6.1.242]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF38413C4D5 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Received: by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix, from userid 106) id EBA1E6142; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from brick.slightlystrange.org (brick.slightlystrange.org [10.1.3.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by catflap.slightlystrange.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B2D86117 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: (from danielby@localhost) by brick.slightlystrange.org (8.14.2/8.13.4/Submit) id lBDIaNDQ087791 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:23 GMT (envelope-from freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:23 +0000 From: Daniel Bye To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20071213183623.GA1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <340a29540712121231p3524aa19u76fb867560915a32@mail.gmail.com> <20071212205137.GA1043@brick.slightlystrange.org> <47615752.6060800@gmail.com> <27022.67.100.188.210.1197563222.squirrel@www.geekisp.com> <340a29540712130840s2e052f54ic027abbc9723e243@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <340a29540712130840s2e052f54ic027abbc9723e243@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-PGP-Fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A Subject: Re: Suggestions please for what POP or IMAP servers to use X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Bye List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:36:27 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 09:40:50AM -0700, Andrew Falanga wrote: > sounds like everyone is sold on dovecot. Great!. I've a few questions. = I > went and looked it up on freshports.org and found the main web site. Can > anyone explain to me what problems they have with mail clients attaching? > See http://wiki.dovecot.org/Clients . This shows some interesting proble= ms > and I'd like to know if everyone using dovecot sees these problems. I use mutt 1.4.2.3i, which works without problems. I have also used=20 Thunderbird with it, as does my business partner, and spotted no issues there either.=20 >=20 > Second, how do programs like dovecot manage users? Does each user of the > e-mail system need to be a user of the FreeBSD system (installed locally)? As Gerard said, dovecot can handle virtual users. There are several ways to do this - probably the most scalable will be SQL and LDAP, although you can use passwd-file as well. There's some good documentation on the web site, particularly http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication. Dan --=20 Daniel Bye _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHYXunixf5fBYiFmoRApMiAKCLpF/QHGz9HoxDmNH3EDKK9bwuFwCcDrQg nZZNuXlvsIgm3chXrYdlT3g= =sPeV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--