Thus spake Johannes Weiss (weissi@tux4u.de): > I plan to install a mailserver for ca. 800 users, now I planned to > make 800 users with shell /bin/bash, home /dev/nul,... So, I ask you > ;)), if this is a good solution, to make 800 UNIX-users for a > mailserver and if not what's the best solution (security reason) Have a look at Cyrus IMAP. It's designed for POP3/IMAP for non-shell users, i.e. a closed-box system. the authentication _can_ be /etc/passwd-based, but typically you use a separate DB file to store the login info. -- Justin R. Miller <incanus@codesorcery.net> PGP/GnuPG Key ID 0xC9C40C31 (preferred)
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