Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 08:28:19 +0200 (CEST) From: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Jean-Pierre=20H.=20Dumas?=" <jphdumas@yahoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sendmail vs qmail ? Message-ID: <19990721062819.7683.rocketmail@web1001.mail.yahoo.com>
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OK, I have set up DNS and apache and sendmail, on FreeBSD 3.2R, out of the box. Everything run fine, but... As this is going to be a *unattended server*, with very little Unix knowledge once I quit the company, I am wondering about qmail instead of sendmail. For two main reasons: 1. Security (the net is full of FAQs, Howtos, rumors, etc. and they all say the same, basically) Everywhere I read: sendmail is a potential threat to security, qmail is the thing to go. 2. Ease of administration: I this machine will be a pure server, *no* users will ever login into it. just POP3, and HTML and FTP, to the max. So, somewhere in the voluminous qmail blurbs, ads, FAQs, etc I read that it is possible to have users *without* a regular unix account. (Does this means what I dream of, no entry in /etc/passwd and co. ?) Question: Is this really possible, if yes how, where is it practically documented ? If not, what is the best way to go to set up a mail server, with all the users files in a easy to administer place, no security threats. ? Currently sendmail on FreeBSD + Netscape/Eudora on Windows is working OK, but I have to set up users account, and it may prove a little heavy for the future part time administrator without unix knowledge and no willingness to get any. (vipw is out of question, definitely, and adduser is possible but I am not sure it is so foolproof and idiotproof) Thanks for any knowledgeable help. Thanks again to those who helped me with 2.2.8 vs 3.2 Jean-Pierre Dumas jphdumas@yahoo.fr jphdumas@oz.igh.cnrs.fr ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Votre e-mail @yahoo.fr gratuit sur http://courrier.yahoo.fr To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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