From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Oct 12 22:33:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA19110 for isp-outgoing; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:33:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from austin.aus.sig.net (austin.sig.net [199.1.78.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA19105 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 1997 22:33:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tsmith@sig.net) Received: from austin.aus.sig.net (austin.sig.net [199.1.78.2]) by austin.aus.sig.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id AAA20240; Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:29:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 00:29:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Thad Smith X-Sender: tsmith@austin.aus.sig.net Reply-To: Thad Smith To: Bo Fussing cc: Marco Molteni , Dev Chanchani , freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: E-mail forwarding In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Bo Fussing wrote: > Dev, > > I second the use of qmail. As Marco said it is really easy to set up such > that one user can be associated with a hosted domain and he/she can add > and remove users in that domain without having to go through the System > Administrator. Yeah, it could be great. I figured he'd want the quick answer to his question, and check out upgrading his system to qmail later. That's all. Thad > > Take a look at www.qmail.org and consider throwing your Bat Book away. I > did! > > Bo > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Bo Fussing HomeGate Inc. > Tel +852 2851-8884 Fax +852 2541-9843 URL http://www.homegate.net > PGP fingerprint = D7 9F ED 1D E5 B9 62 4F 77 BC D1 33 5B 4E 95 81 > For PGP ID & Signature mail empty message to bmf-pgp@homegate.net > > On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Thad Smith wrote: > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Marco Molteni wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 10 Oct 1997, Dev Chanchani wrote: > > > > > > > We have virtual web hosting. So far, as clients need e-mail forwarding, we > > > > simply enter their forwarding rules into /etc/virtusertable. However, as > > > > we have more sites to manage now, this becomes a bit cumbersome. > > > > > > > > Here is what I am looking to do: > > > > Have each virtual web site associated with a user. So say, joe has > > > > www.schmoe.com. Then all e-mail to schmoe.com will be directed to joe via > > > > virtusertable. > > > > > > Throw away sendmail and use qmail (www.qmail.org). With qmail, this > > > sort of things is really easy (well, IMHO, *all* is easier ;-). Plus, > > > you get a *secure* mailer. > > > > > > What!? Biased opinion. Sendmail does it with .forward files. Just put in > > the address that the user wants to forward email to. Sendmail does the > > rest. The .forward file sits in the users home directory and is editable > > by him. > > > > Thad > > > > ___________________"We make the Internet work."___________________ > > Thad Smith tsmith@sig.net > > Technical Support helpdesk@sig.net > > SigNet Partners Inc. http://www.sig.net > > 512.306.0700 800.396.5158 fax: 512.306.0702 > > Tell us what you think; use the reply form at the address above! > > __________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > ___________________"We make the Internet work."___________________ Thad Smith tsmith@sig.net Technical Support helpdesk@sig.net SigNet Partners Inc. http://www.sig.net 512.306.0700 800.396.5158 fax: 512.306.0702 Tell us what you think; use the reply form at the address above! __________________________________________________________________