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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!palmer.demon.co.uk!palmer.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: gary@palmer.demon.co.uk (Gary Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Using POP without allowing login's Date: 24 Oct 1995 23:13:26 +0100 Organization: none Lines: 27 Message-ID: <46joe6$5ap@palmer.demon.co.uk> References: <46ashl$t16@shiva.usa.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: pc.my.org X-NNTP-Posting-Host: palmer.demon.co.uk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:7749 comp.mail.misc:23090 In article <46ashl$t16@shiva.usa.net>, Chris Erskine <cigcos.cerskine@eds.com> wrote: >I have a box running Free BSD on it. Does anyone know how to set the >system up to support mail users only without allowing them to login. >The problems which I see are that: > 1) Sendmail needs the user ID in the passwd file to know that the >user is a registered user. You can use /etc/aliases to over-ride this and have the mail delivered to a file. > 2) Qpopper requires the user to have a valid user id and password to >connect to the POP server. You can set the shell to /usr/bin/false (or even /usr/bin/true if you want :-) ). Alternatively, investigate the pop server supplied in the MH system. I believe it can be setup to look for username/password details in a private file rather than in /etc/passwd. You will not find the POP server in the package, you'll have to use the port and hack it by hand. Gary