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Date:      Mon, 25 Jan 1999 08:52:20 -0500
From:      Mark Conway Wirt <mark@intrepid.net>
To:        Matthew Hagerty <matthew@wolfepub.com>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Email without an account
Message-ID:  <19990125085220.A2412@intrepid.net>
In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990124193708.00a1daf0@firebat.wolfepub.com>; from Matthew Hagerty on Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 07:44:42PM -0500
References:  <4.1.19990124193708.00a1daf0@firebat.wolfepub.com>

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On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 07:44:42PM -0500, Matthew Hagerty wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I am running 3.0-stable and I am in charge of the email.  Could someone
> tell me the accepted way to provide email?  I understand anyone with an
> account or an alias to an account can receive email, but what about
> providing *virtual* email accounts?  For example, email to a virtual user
> would only take space in the mail directory and the owner of the account
> could only connect via POP3.  The username and password files would be (or
> should be) separate from the system password files.

qmail provides this ability.  If you're used to using sendmail, there is
a bit of a learning curve, but qmail, is a nice, full-featured package.

Note, however, that's it's probably overkill for a small installation.

--Mark

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