[Dovecot] POP3 protection

Timo Sirainen tss at iki.fi
Sun Dec 3 12:31:37 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 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.

How about the passwd-file solution in here:

http://wiki.dovecot.org/Authentication/RestrictAccess

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