[thelist] Webmail app without local system accounts

[John Handelaar]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Hassan Schroeder
> Sent: 20 May 2002 16:21
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Webmail app without local system accounts
>
> John Handelaar wrote:
>
> > I remember seeing a webmail server which used
> > the file system and a database for handling
> > accounts, rather than adding potentially thousands
> > of local user accounts.
> >
> > But, I can't remember what it was called.  Any
> > ideas from the evoltistas?
>
> Specifically, no, but this sounds like a job for LDAP -- keeping
> voluminous user information out of /etc/passwd ...

Yeah, but that covers only authentication, not the
provision of mail service.

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