Re: [SM-USERS] Newbie Question

[Rich H. <ri...@ne...>]

Hello,

Doug Appleton wrote:

>Hello all.. Maybe someone could answer this question for me. I'm a
>newbie to SquirrelMail I have three questions from the admin point of
>view that maybe someone could answer. 
>
>1. Can users be bulk added to the system using a script?
>  
>
Squirrelmail is a mail CLIENT..  Basically nothing more than a web based 
equivelant to Eudora or Outlook, etc..

Since the accounting side is handled elsewhere you need to look at tools 
that add accounts or email accounts at the system level via whatever 
authentication scheme you use.. adduser (etc) for shell based systems, a 
script/manangement tool for LDAP/MySQL/Postgresql, etc.. for database 
drive authentication..

>2. Does SquirrelMail require the use of Sendmail (I'm trying to get any
>from Sendmail)
>  
>
Again.. SM is a client.. The MTA (Mail Transport Agent) has nothing to 
do directly with SM.

>3. Is there any tool that would allow the existing accounts to be
>migrated from Sendmail to SquirrelMail..
>  
>
Once more.. See above notes.. Consult your documentation on the MTA you 
wish to use such as Postfix/Qmail/Courier, etc.. for tips and help on 
migrating. Keep in mind that Sendmail may be somewhat overkill to some, 
it can be tweaked to do anything you want it to do.. And a frontend to 
it such as Webmin makes it very easy to admin. The biggest downfall in 
terms of performance is often not sendmail, but the IMAP server often 
used with it -> uw-imap which is a very poor performer for large 
mailboxes.. Consider Dovecot as a replacement.. Postfix would be a great 
replacement for Sendmail and both have webmin modules to help the admin 
side of life.

>Thanks.. Doug  
>
>
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-Rich