[Zimwy]

Hi,
I have sendmail up and running on OS X. Whenever I create a new user it makes a mail account for them. I was wondering though if there's a way of making JUST a mail user. Can I just remove their library folder?

gabe

[Rainy Day]

One thing you can do to prevent a user from logging in is to disable shell access for them (this will not affect their ability to log in via a POP server, however).

However it might be easier to avoid creating a user at all: Use sendmail aliases to redirect, and/or procmail to deposit mail to a specific mbox. Some POP servers can be configured to serve up eMail from mbox's to mail-only users (i.e. these are virtual mail-users and do not require an actual user account on the box).

Also, i think postfix handles this more easily than sendmail (although i haven't actually used postfix so i don't know for sure). I do plan to migrate to postfix soon, however, as it looks to me to be more secure than sendmail.

[si_lance]

If you just want to make it work, see this thread:
http://forums.macnn.com/90/mac-os-x/187545/ftpd-on-panther/

(And try making a poponly shell.)

Otherwise try qmail with vpopmail. This is what I use on a production colocated server for mail.