From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 28 6:58:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.169.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FEC037B423 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 06:58:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from tedm.placo.com (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [206.29.168.154]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id f3SDw6k81157; Sat, 28 Apr 2001 06:58:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Educatee" , Subject: RE: am I able to create user email account using sendmail or postfix? Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 06:58:06 -0700 Message-ID: <011301c0cfeb$40097640$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: <3AEB5450.411BBD19@yahoo.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Under UNIX (as opposed to Windows or other mailserver) the user "mailboxes" are not created by manipulating the MTA, such as Sendmail or Postfix. Instead they are created when the user accounts are created in the UNIX system itself. Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Educatee >Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2001 4:38 PM >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: am I able to create user email account using sendmail or >postfix? > > >I was thinking to setup a small mail server that could have a few user >accounts for my non profit organization. My FreeBSD4.2 is connecting to >the internet directly. Can sendmail or postfix let me create user email >address? > >Thank you. I am still learning on the mail services in FreeBSD. > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message