[Dovecot] POP3 protection

Odhiambo WASHINGTON odhiambo.raburu at wananchi.com
Fri Dec 1 21:00:39 UTC 2006


* On 01/12/06 02:13 +0100, Jos Chrispijn wrote:
| I have some users that I will not allow to use POP3 thru my system, but 
| force them to use webmail.
| Would it be possible to put an extra option in dovecot.conf to force this:
| 
| # -----------------------------------------------------------------
| #  Logon processes
| #  user = <username>,<password>
| # -----------------------------------------------------------------
| 
| user = johndoe,another_secret_password
| user = mike,trouble_in_paradise
| 
| If unix user johndoe logs on, he cannot fetch mail thru POP3 for he has 
| a differect password from his logon password.


Use a database and create an imap_enable field that is 1 if enabled and 
0 if disabled and use this condition in the query.


-Wash

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