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IMAP Servers - GNU/Linux Guru help needed

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Hi,

I just need to know what tools I need to use to allow IMAP to be used for multiple mailboxes on multiple domains, all on the same hardware.... like a shared host.

I have UW-IMAP and exim as the MTA.

Currently when UW-IMAP logs in user@domain.com it just opens up ~user/mbox.

That's no use if have:

joebloggs@domain1.com
and
joebloggs@domain2.com

on the same server... it will just try to serve ~joebloggs/mbox to both accounts :?

Equally... mailboxes like:

mail@domain.com will think "mail" is the system account for "mail".

Shared hosts using CPanel use UW-IMAP and exim too so it must be possible. They give out username like "mailbox+domainname.com" and they dont have a shell account with that username... how is it done?

Cheers... I'm an IMAP server admin n00b :P
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Post by timvw »

You could for example follow

http://www.tty1.net/virtual_domains_en.html
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Post by timvw »

Ok, presuming you are using Gentoo... Just go to http://forums.gentoo.org and find everything (and more) that you needed to know :))
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

Ah thanks. I never knew that was there lol. I found the wiki but not that forum :P
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

As it turns out... this is what CPanel use. A modified UW-IMAP

http://vimap.sourceforge.net/

Coolio :)
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