Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:46:15 -0600 From: Eric Crist <mnslinky@gmail.com> To: Daniel Bye <freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggestions please for what POP or IMAP servers to use Message-ID: <921E40EF-5D67-4D41-9E3D-25F362D51344@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071213183623.GA1085@brick.slightlystrange.org> 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> <20071213183623.GA1085@brick.slightlystrange.org>
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On Dec 13, 2007, at 12:36 PM, Daniel Bye wrote: > 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 >> problems >> 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 > Thunderbird with it, as does my business partner, and spotted no > issues > there either. > >> >> 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 Sorry if this has been suggested, I'm coming in to the conversation late. There is a very detailed how-to on www.purplehat.org on setting up a Postfix server with dovecot and mysql. They even walk you through setting up spam filtering and anti-virus. HTH ----- Eric F Crist Secure Computing Networks
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