Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 09:59:24 +0800 (HKT) From: Bo Fussing <bmf@homegate.net> To: Thad Smith <tsmith@sig.net> Cc: Marco Molteni <molter@logic.it>, Dev Chanchani <dev@wopr.inetu.net>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: E-mail forwarding Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.971012094850.20343E-100000@satie.hk.homegate.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.971010174328.25652B-100000@austin.aus.sig.net>
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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. Take a look at www.qmail.org and consider throwing your Bat Book away. I did! Bo ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bo Fussing <bmf@homegate.net> 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! > __________________________________________________________________ > > >
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