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Old 11-07-2010, 04:32 AM   #1
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Postfix management web interface for virtual mailboxes


I'm looking for a Postfix Management Web interface for user, domains, etc...
The problem is I'm not using mysql for domains/users, so I can't use postfixadmin. I use virtual mailboxes as described here: http://www.postfix.org/VIRTUAL_READM...irtual_mailbox

Basically all mappings are saved inside an /etc/postfix/vmaps file.
The users/passwords files are in /home/vmail/passwd and /home/vmail/shadow.
Users are in /home/vmail/$domain/$user

I searched for a web management tool that supports my config for weeks now, and can't seem to find any...
 
Old 11-07-2010, 09:28 PM   #2
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Hi -

Our company has had good luck with the "Squirrelmail" web front-end:

http://squirrelmail.org

http://squirrelmail.org/wiki/SquirrelMailFeatures

http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Postf...d_Spamassassin
 
Old 11-07-2010, 11:21 PM   #3
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paulsm4, I'm affraid you did not pay attention to my question. I'm not looking for a webmail client, I have plenty of those. I want a USER management interface... you know, for creating users, domains, changing passwords... that sort of stuff. I'm pretty sure there isn't one out there that suits my needs, but hey, it doesn't hurt asking, right?
 
Old 11-08-2010, 03:52 AM   #4
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I am not aware of any configuration clients for your setup either. I am curious though, if you have considered going to a mysql backend for your server, which will let you use postfixadmin. The changeover shouldn't be too difficult and consist of a couple of lines in main.cf and creation of a couple small text files for the SQL configuration. I personally use it and think it is great.
 
Old 11-08-2010, 06:09 AM   #5
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In general, you need to look at the various databases that can store information for your virtual users. Then look at the tools available to manage those databases.

For example, if you want to use LDAP, you can use a tool such as LDAP Admin.

http://ldapadmin.sourceforge.net/index.html
 
Old 11-08-2010, 11:51 PM   #6
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@Noway2: Well, yeah, it looks like my only choice is to go for mysql virtual mailboxes. Don't get me wrong, I know it's not that hard if you're doing it from scratch or if you have 10, 20 users... But since I have about 1500 users and better things to do than add them to the database... well... you get my drift
 
Old 11-09-2010, 03:45 AM   #7
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Ouch, I had a feeling that might have been the problem. If you do decide to create a database for this, I might suggest that it would be far easier to write a small program that will create the user accounts automatically. Since both Perl and PHP (command line edition would probably be the better choice here) bind nicely with MySQL, you could iterate through the user and password file(s), match on the proper fields and "insert" each user directly into the table. You could use a prepared statement and the user, password, etc would simply be variables.

Afterwards, the postfixadmin tool would help you to maintain things, but I agree that it would be a lot of error prone effort to enter all the users manually.
 
Old 11-09-2010, 11:38 PM   #8
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Yeah, although I keep postponing it, this is probably what I'll do, eventually. Thanks for the advices, guys !
 
  


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