[Dovecot] Configure unsuccessful login attempts

[Jerrale Gayle]

On 6/3/2010 6:55 AM, Greg Pearson wrote:
> Hi,
> using PAM, how can I configure how many attempts a user can make to 
> connect, and if exceeding a certain number, block him for a specified 
> amount of time?
>
> Any idea what the defaults are?
If pam make a log entry, then fail2ban will do whatever you want. Search 
fail2ban pam on google after installing fail2ban. Fail2ban requires 
python 2.4 or greater which your system should already have.