On 5/21/2013 2:49 PM, Greg Deward wrote:
In our conversations, the overall goal was to have a stand-alone mail
server running Ubuntu and whatever mail packages are installed in [as
close to default as possible] configuration. The server should remain
isolated and not be connected to any other box or resource. We would
call into it programmatically for all administrative functions. Since
we are a Microsoft shop, there is an overwhelming concern (read
"fear") that we will be less qualified to maintain the platform as we
add other services to the mix... in essence, we need to keep the
overall mail platform as simplistic as possible to increase the chance
that our folks can maintain it with ease. Unless an LDAP server was
an absolute requirement for Postfix we could not look at it. And,
more than likely, if it was a requirement, we would probably look to a
different product.
I think you misunderstand what Postfix is.
Postfix receives mail for valid recipients then passes it on to a
delivery agent.
It has no administrative functions like you are seeking.
It can look up valid recipient via SQL or ldap or static lists.
Then it delivers as directed to an agent. There are a couple of simple
agents to deliver to the local file system included, but nothing fancy.
Installing Postfix alone will not let you read the mail. You need an
IMAP/POP3 client to read remotely which Postfix does not provide.
Before commenting further, I think you should read the documentation
http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html .
Brian
Early on in this project we were given a requirement to allow our
members the ability to receive "messages" from our server via IMAP.
Someone assumed writing an IMAP server service would be simple and
that we would have the cycles to do so. Over time we have discouraged
this and tried to find another IMAP service that will be able to
marshal and deliver our messages to the client. This was
unsuccessful. Postfix, and a simple server like Ubuntu, seems like
the easiest method for dropping in a box that can receive messages and
allow a standard email client to pull them down. Ultimately, it would
be great to find an IMAP Server Service to negotiate the client calls
act as a proxy to our application. Until then, Postfix appears to be
the path we are on.
I hope this helps.
- G. Deward
On May 21, 2013, at 2:32 PM, Serge Fonville <serge.fonvi...@gmail.com
<mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Ah, ok.
Well you can run OpenLDAP (for example) as a backend in the same way
you could use AD.
Postfix can use multiple backends depending on your needs.
What requirements do you have?
Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
Serge Fonville
http://www.sergefonville.nl <http://www.sergefonville.nl/>
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2013/5/21 Greg Deward <greg.dew...@gmail.com
<mailto:greg.dew...@gmail.com>>
Sorry... should have specified... cannot integrate with AD or the
Microsoft environment. This needs to remain entirely
stand-alone. This means our member base will be stored in the
application's database and we will need to call out to Postfix to
manually perform account provisioning and the like.
- G. Deward
On May 21, 2013, at 2:18 PM, Serge Fonville
<serge.fonvi...@gmail.com <mailto:serge.fonvi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi,
From your mail it seems you desire a backend that can handle all
that, you should be able to setup postfix to retrieve its users
from AD.
HTH
Kind regards/met vriendelijke groet,
Serge Fonville
http://www.sergefonville.nl <http://www.sergefonville.nl/>
Convince Microsoft!
They need to add TRUNCATE PARTITION in SQL Server
https://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/417926/truncate-partition-of-partitioned-table
2013/5/21 Greg Deward <greg.dew...@gmail.com
<mailto:greg.dew...@gmail.com>>
NEWBIE WARNING: I have never used Postfix and am not a
Linux guru. Please be gentile.
Is there an existing .NET library (DLL, etc.) for
controlling Postfix? If not, is there an existing API for
applications that are NOT running on the same server as
Postfix? More specifically, I have a need for creating
users, deleting users, changing passwords, and the like. I
have been tasked with implementing an Ubuntu mail server and
tying it into our custom ERP application (written in ASP.NET
<http://asp.net/> MVC and running on Windows). The goal is
to be able to dynamically create user accounts, leverage
them for a period of time, and then shut them down when a
project is finished.
Thank you, in advance, for any assistance you may provide.
- G. Deward
