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== Mailbox administration ==
=== ViMbAdmin or Salt ===
Mailboxes are easy enough to create, directly through mkdir/chown, or through Dovecot.

ViMbAdmin is a CRUD interface to store that information into a database, then read by Postfix and Dovecot.

This table has been prepared in June 2024 by Dorian and Dereckson.

At the end, ViMbAdmin was selected.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Comparison between ViMbAdmin and Salt pillar to store mailboxes information
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!  !! ViMbAdmin !! Salt pillar
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| '''Advantages'''
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* Editable interface
* Easy to use interface
* Allow users to change their password (when known)
* Allow to create an administrator of an external domain for hosting of other open source projects 
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* Unified configuration	
* Git history
* Public traceability
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| '''Drawbacks'''
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* Should be installed on the same server as the mailserver
* Require a full web stack
* Configuration is not at one only place but split between rOPS and here
* Not in active maintenance anymore by upstream
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* Private salt repository needed for privacy
|}

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