[Dovecot] Stopping certain users from using IMAP, or POP3, etc.

[Marshal Newrock]

On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:02:07 -0000
"David Craigon" <david.craigon at griffin.com> wrote:

> Hi there,
>     I'm building a mail system for an ISP. We want to be able to turn
> on or off IMAP or POP3 access for certain customers- basically we
> want to be able to offer a customer POP3 access, unless they pay us
> some more money, in which case they get IMAP
>  
> The username and password will remain the same, and are driven out of
> a postgres database. The best way I've though of doing this so far is
> by defining separate auth systems for IMAP and POP. Is this the best
> way? 
> A gold star is available if you can think of a way that if they try
> and use IMAP but haven't paid for it it rejects them with "Give us
> all your money..." or some such.

From variables.txt:
 %s - service (IMAP, POP3, smtp, deliver (unfortunately mixed casing is
used))

So you could use that in your query to say, roughly "if POP3 or if IMAP
and imap_allowed".

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