Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1999 11:41:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Cassata <jim@web-ex.com> To: Thomas Uhrfelt <thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se> Cc: "'freebsd-net@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mail redirection Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904201135050.66291-100000@Homer.Web-Ex.com> In-Reply-To: <01BE8B0C.E7182420.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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Is the FreeBSD box connecting via a modem? Why not put user accounts on the FreeBSD server only? You have to manage user accounts somewhere, why not on your box and not ISP? You can have user accounts and mailboxes with no home directories or telnet or ftp access (what I do for POP3) enough of my questions... on to yours. If I understand your question, you may want to set the freebsd box up as primary mailhost for your domain through DNS, with the other mail server acting as secondary, spooling incoming mail until your box connects and is sent the mail. If your primary is offline (eg the modem isn't dialled up) mail will collect on the secondary. Jim Cassata 516.421.6000 jim@web-ex.com Web Express 20 Broadhollow Road Suite 3011 Melville, NY 11747 On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, Thomas Uhrfelt wrote: > Some might have noticed my posts about setting up a firewall/filter using > FreeBSD the last week or so, now I have successfully this baby up and flying > and are looking into more innovative ways to use this installation. > > On our network we have about 40-50 users on their own workstations ( a mix of > Macs,Win95:s and NTs ). And as it is today, they themselves fetch/send the > mail from our mailprovider ( pop3 & smtp ) at their own will. What I am > trying to accomplish now is for the FreeBSD box to fetch all their mail ( > maybe 1-2 times an hour ) and act as a POP/SMTP server to the users, carrying > their mail for them and sending in out to the mailprovider. > > Each person got their own password / uid on the mailserver so the FreeBSD box > of course needs to know that information. My biggest concern is that I don't > want to create "users" on the FreeBSD box. > > Example: > > USER ---> passwd:1212 uid:1313 ---> FreeBSD Box ---> passwd: JIh3egd uid: > a012.... ----> The users normal mailaccount > > Is this possible to do? And if it is, what programs do you recommend to fully > implement this task? > > And while I am at it, at bootup of the FreeBSD box I get a message ( right > after the memory messages ) like this > > - Bad BIOS32 Service Directory! > > What is this? > > Also is there any plans for porting VPND to FreeBSD, saw it and thought it > might be a good project to support or? > http://www2.crosswinds.net/nuremberg/~anstein/unix/vpnd.html > > > Regards, > > / > Thomas Uhrfelt ... Now hooked on FreeBSD ... > Datortekniker > PlymoVent AB > / > Thomas Uhrfelt ... Now hooked on FreeBSD ... > Datortekniker > PlymoVent AB > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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