Re: postfix MTA questions

From: Gary (gv-list-freebsdquestions_at_mygirlfriday.info)
Date: 03/08/04

  • Next message: Dany Nativel: "Re: Backups: rsync, software RAID, other strategies?" 
    Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 22:20:02 -0600
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

    Hi Dave,

    --On Sunday, March 07, 2004 11:02:53 PM -0500 dave
    <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> wrote:

    > I'm using postfix and i've got two questions regarding it. Firstly,
    > i'd like to implement maildir style mailboxes for users. I want a pop
    > server that will understand maildir, will qpopper do this or will i have
    > to look at another? I'd like to avoid running services from inetd if
    > possible.

    qpoper will not work with Maildir format.. another popserver to use
    that will work with either mbox or Maildir format is solidpop
    http://solidpop3d.pld.org.pl/

    > I'm also wondering if there's a program that will take an incoming
    > message, and send back an autoresponse asking for confirmation
    > before delivery? If a confirmation is sent, the message is not spam,
    > and is sent through, if no confirmation is forthcoming within a time
    > frame or if the domain bounces the message both the original message
    > and any domain bounces are perged without me seeing them.

    Yes, a very popular one (challenge/auth mechanism) is TMDA, can be
    used with any MTA. It is very flexible, and does a good job.

    http://tmda.net/

      Finally, I've got a domain on a dynamic IP, i'd like to relay through
    > my isp's smtp server as a smarthost, if i do this will my outgoing domain
    > name be altered?

    Unknown if your ISP's SMTP server does headers rewrites. You would
    have to ask or test it to find out. 

    -- 
Gary
_______________________________________________
freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list
http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
  • Next message: Dany Nativel: "Re: Backups: rsync, software RAID, other strategies?"

    Relevant Pages

    • Re: Building a mail server
      ... qmail uses Maildir exclusively. ... vpopmail supports virtual domains and you can set catch-all accounts ... > filtering to happen on the server so it's already filtered no matter what MUA ...
      (Debian-User)
    • Re: e-mail server farm question
      ... Somehow the smtp server should know where to deliver ... Maildir makes it easy to distribute it across multiple machines ... meant Maildir stores mails in seperate files compred to mbox format ...
      (freebsd-questions)
    • Re: Imap && imap-ssl && pop3-ssl
      ... >>Is there a server that would do the job with just one instance listening ... mailboxes. ... and seems to be the "best" set up for mbox ... "best" setup for Maildir, ...
      (Debian-User)
    • Re: What is the point of IMAP?
      ... Multiple users accessing emails: who wants it? ... Personally, I haven't seen a good reason for using any IMAP server other than dovecot, nor any good reason for using anything but maildir for message storage. ...
      (comp.os.linux.networking)
    • Re: light IMAP server for personal use
      ... set a small IMAP server in my home box, ... of my maildir folders. ... What would be the lightest/simplest/fastest IMAP ... I'd say give dovecot a try. ...
      (Ubuntu)