topic Postfix -> setup virtual email accounts in Operating System - Linux

Postfix -> setup virtual email accounts

'chris' — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:03:29 GMT

hi

on debian sarge stable I've installed:

postfix with TLS/SASL
courier-IMAP/courier-POP3
squirrelmail

howto setup virtual email accounts for the local domain ?
I mean not system accounts.

is it any way to create virtual accounts without mysql or any other database ?

kind regards
chris

Re: Postfix -> setup virtual email accounts

Steven E. Protter — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 01:11:15 GMT

Shalom chris,

Seems I missed a thread along the way here. If you are storing your mail in a mysql database then that is where the mail is going to go.

Normally all you need is an account on the system to accept mail. useradd then passwd the user.

I have a system that manages multiple domains, an actual account on the system must be set up to authenticate the user.

If you have gone to a completely mysql based system then you may only need to add a mysql account to permit mail and do not need useradd system account. That's mysql code you add as the root mysql user.

SEP

Re: Postfix -> setup virtual email accounts

Manuel Wolfshant — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:26:37 GMT

An excellent solution for your problem is described at http://high5.net/postfixadmin/
Basically you have a set of mysql tables + a web interface; all applications (postfix, courier and the web interface) talk to mysql (squirrel talks to imap by design) and retrieve the user data from there.
I have it implemented for a couple of years, works like a charm.

Re: Postfix -> setup virtual email accounts

Manuel Wolfshant — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:29:02 GMT

I appologize, I have just seen the "without mysql or any other database" part.
You can have virtual users in an chrooted /etc/passwd file, but i do not think the effort is worth it.