Re: [webmin-l] Virtualmin Professional

[Freddie C. <fca...@sd...>]

> 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..

> ----
> 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.

This is something we'll be looking at in the coming weeks.  We're
migrating from an Outlook, Postfix, Qpopper, Unix account setup to
SquirrelMail, Postfix, Cyrus-IMAP, OpenLDAP setup.  First server will
have ~1600 accounts for  all district staff.  Second server in
January-ish timeframe will have ~5000 student accounts spread across
10 domains.  Good to know the Users and Groups module will work with
LDAP users.  :)  More than likely, I'll be posting on here with a
bunch of "Oh crap, how do you do this using Webmin" questions,
revolving around Cyrus and LDAP integration in Webmin.

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Freddie Cash, CCNT CCLP        Helpdesk / Network Support Tech.
School District 73             (250) 377-HELP [377-4357]
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