Re: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Professional

[Craig W. <cra...@az...>]

On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:16 +1000, Jamie Cameron wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 13:52, Craig White wrote:

> 
> My feeling is that the choice between LDAP-based mail systems and those
> that use Unix accounts is a matter of philosophy, and of what you want
> users to be able to do. Pure virtual users are great if you are just
> talking about mailboxes, but if you want users to be able to have home
> pages and FTP access, then they need to have Unix accounts. Virtualmin
> is targeted more towards web hosting than running masses of mailboxes,
> so I think that the Unix user approach is the way to go.
> 
> That said, it is actually quite flexible - you can opt to use Qmail+LDAP
> as a mail server, and it will create mailboxes as LDAP users who do not
> necessarily even have to be Unix users. You can then take advantage of
> all the features of LDAP and Cyrus, such as clustering, IMAP-based mail
> readers and so on..
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I would simply guess that a virtual web host provider will have maybe 1
out of 10 accounts that will want a bunch of mailboxes in addition to
the one or two shell accounts and the one virtual web host.

I won't argue with your logic though - you've clearly demonstrated your
ability to identify needs and satisfy them.

I've been able to get what I need done in LDAP and cyrus-imapd with the
changes you made to LDAP Users and Groups last January + the old but
very effective cyrus-imapd 3rd party module (and the autocreate features
of cyrus-imapd). Interestingly enough, you have provided enough building
blocks so I can make it all work even though you don't use cyrus-imapd.
As you know, I've been hoping that there would have been a groundswell
of interest by others to drive you into spending time adapting webmin
for cyrus-imapd support which clearly hasn't happened.

One thing is certain - that anyone who buys Virtualmin Professional gets
the support of the most responsive developer I have seen.

Craig


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