[lug] Awkward server situation

[Justin]

Actually, I went and tested this just now and it works like I had 
suspected.
I went into my pine configuration (for my own account, not global 
config) and changed the inbox-path to read as follows:
inbox-path               = {mail.jackmoves.com}/var/spool/mail/$USER
I then exited the settings and committed changes and quit pine. I 
restarted pine and was prompted with.
HOST: oldschool  ENTER LOGIN NAME: glowecon
Cool  :)
and then of course (after hitting enter):
HOST: oldschool  USER: glowecon  ENTER PASSWORD:
I think this will work out pretty good.

Justin

> This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
> 
> 
> Ahh, I see. So, correct me if I'm wrong, but in my particular 
> situation, would I use:
> inbox-path={mainbox.jackmoves.com}/var/spool/mail/$USER
> Or does "inbox" have some special funtion? Also, would the user need 
> to supply a username or password, cause it looks like it would 
attempt 
> an imap or pop connection. I imagine the mail spools are kept on the 
> mainbox too, or no? Thanks again...
> 
> Justin
> 
> > Justin, it's not that wierd, really.  People do it all the time.  
If 
> a subset of your users have shell accounts on shellbox, that's fine. 
 
> When you set up the pine software (or other MUA) on shellbox, the 
> trick is to edit the global configuration file (ie. /etc/pine.conf) 
to 
> set your IMAP (or POP3) inbox-path to "{mainbox.jackmoves.com}inbox" 
> and you should be all set.  I'm assuming, of course, that mainbox 
runs 
> imapd and/or popd.
> > 
> > -John
> > 
> > Justin wrote:
> > > 
> > > I kind of have a wierd situation here. I'll start by explaining 
my
> > > current server setup. I have a single server that does all the 
work
> > > for my domain (besides DNS). It performs the following funtions:
> > > webserving, email service, database, ftp service, and also shell
> > > services for IRC related things. What I want to do is split off 
the
> > > shell services part of the machine to a different box. So
> > > mainbox.jackmoves.com will support all the important stuff like 
> web,
> > > email, db, and ftp. The other shellbox.jackmoves.com will be 
there 
> for
> > > all IRC and shell related services. I plan on splitting up my 
user
> > > base since most ppl that use the web/email services don't use 
(or 
> know
> > > how to) use a linux shell. The shell users will have user 
accounts 
> on
> > > the mainbox.jackmoves.com server as well as 
> shellbox.jackmoves.com. My
> > > main concern is, since my mail server runs on 
> mainbox.jackmoves.com,
> > > will users on shellbox.jackmoves.com be able to send/retrieve
> > > @jackmoves email from the shellbox with say Pine, mutt, or elm? 
My
> > > main reasoning for this setup is so all the data on the mainbox
> > > (web/email/db) is safe from a potential hack of the shellbox 
since 
> it
> > > is exposed to IRC and the like. I'm still confusing myself 
trying 
> to
> > > figure this all out so sorry if I am making no sense. Those of 
you
> > > that do understand what I'm trying to do, I'd appreciate any
> > > suggestions or input. Thanks in advance...
> > > 
> > > Justin
> > > 
> > > -----
> > > glow at jackmoves.com
> > > www.jackmoves.com
> > > 
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> www.jackmoves.com
> 
> 
> 

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www.jackmoves.com

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