Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 17:48:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> To: ylaliber@cesart.com (Yves Eric Laliberte) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mail-server??? Message-ID: <199706182348.RAA19405@xmission.xmission.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19970617124215.007035d0@cesart.com> from "Yves Eric Laliberte" at Jun 17, 97 12:56:54 pm
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Yves Eric Laliberte asked:
> I wish to installed a mail server like Netscape or others.
>
> Do you know a product (mail server) who use it own database and should be
> acces via Web to add new account and manage the server. I don't want to
> use free Bsd account because of the security. My server will be manage
> remote and I don't want to give acces to custumers directely on free bsd
> (unix) account. I know Netscape build his server like this but I don't
> think that it is compatible with free bsd.
If you are installing a standalone mail server, using FreeBSD would be
the simplest approach. FreeBSD is as secure as any other network server,
and better than most due to the close scrutiny it has received in the
last few years. If you don't want your mailbox users to login to the
machine, turn off the remote login capabilities for them.
You could simply install sendmail and a POP or IMAP server on the
system, setup regular UNIX user accounts for each mail user, and
disable network logins. Disable all the user accounts from login by
setting their shell to "nologin". If you need access to the system
over the network for administration, run telnetd on some weird (but
still protected) port, say, 244. ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com
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