Re: Email server for Linux

["Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@azboss.net>]

Hi Lorenzo and Buddy,

I think I may have contributed to some confusion here, too!  Of course, you
can remotely administer a *nix box using ssh (hopefully *not* telnet!)  What
I meant was that there are a lack of freely available *nix mail servers that
sport web-based administration capabilities...

Hmmmm, user signup...  Well, my former employer used a bunch of shell
scripts, PHP and such to create a rather clunky administrative interface to
its mail servers.  It never worked very well.  I know that the Postfix MTA
(http://www.postfix.org) can operate from a LDAP directory.  PHP programs
could be written to add to and modify such a LDAP directory.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo@princenet.sytes.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 5:10 AM
Subject: Re: Email server for Linux


> Oh, no.  I didn't mean to cause confusion.  I need a web interface with a
signup
> page which will let my user do basic administration on their own accounts
and
> check their mail.  SSH is certainly good enough for me to administer the
server,
> in fact, I don't even want a web interface for that, as it is less secure
IMHO.
> I just need to be able to set up email accounts for the 9 domains that
point to
> my machine with the ability to add more in the future, and I need a web
> interface for people to create/check/administer their *own* accounts.
> Thanks,
> Lorenzo
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros@ycardz.com>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 6:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Email server for Linux
>
>
> > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:32:15AM -0700, Darrell Shandrow wrote:
> > > Hi Lorenzo,
> > >
> > > The ability to remote administer a UNIX based server does not seem to
be
> > > widely available.
> >
> > Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay what?!
> >
> > Is there any particular reason that a direct connection to your server
via ssh
> isn't good enough? Helluva lot more flexible than anything else, as you
have
> direct access to anything you want that way. If you *must* have some sort
of Web
> interface (if that's what you really meant),that's different and I
couldn't
> speak to it. However, to say that you cannot remotely administer a *ix box
and
> that that capability doesn't exist is at best preposterous.
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