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. Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i My deepest sympathies to the families and friends of the astronauts lost in the 2/1/03 space shuttle explosion! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lorenzo Prince" <lorenzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at 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 > > A Pope has a Water Cannon. It is a Water Cannon. > He fires Holy-Water from it. It is a Holy-Water Cannon. > He Blesses it. It is a Holy Holy-Water Cannon. > He Blesses the Hell out of it. It is a Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. > He has it pierced. It is a Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. > He makes it official. It is a Canon Holey Wholly Holy Holy-Water Cannon. > Batman and Robin arrive. He shoots them. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Buddy Brannan" <davros at ycardz.com> > To: <speakup at 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. > > -- > > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | "And if the ground yawned, > > Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, > > Email: davros at ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" > > http://www.ycardz.com/ | --Eddie From Ohio > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
