RE: [cobalt-users] POP3/IMAP Mailboxes

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> I was wondering if is a way to add/remove pop3/imap mailboxes without
> creating an entire user?
> Ultimately, I would like to have a form that my end user (I run a hosting
> company) can use to view/add/remove the pop/imap mailboxes they have in
> their account.  Does anyone know of a script that can accomplish this? (Or
> is there a programmer out there that will write me one?)  The main problem
> here is that Apache usernames must be unique, and because of that there
> cannot be sales@xxxxxxxxxxx and sales@xxxxxxxxxxx on the same
> system.  As a
> hosting provider that wants to give users control of their email boxes, I
> dont want them to have to create an alias to accomplish this.  I can see
> that the GUI doesnt seem to provide a way to do this, but I was
> wondering if
> there were another way to do it?
> Also, I am curious in the unix/linux world, how one would setup a mailbox
> without creating a whole new user.
>
> Thank whomever may answer this!!
>
You can't create duplicate user names for a POP3 box without creating an
alias on virtual hosts. On the same RAQ or any Unix box you can't have two
POP3 boxes with the login name sales.

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Dan Kriwitsky
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