[Dovecot] Re: Limiting Dovecot access by user-spesific ip addresses?

[Timo Neuvonen]

> > Is there any possibility to limit access to mailboxes by
> > user-spesific ip addresses?
>
> Yes, but I added it only a while ago so it's still only in CVS. Also
> you'll need a userdb which allows you to specify "extra options", eg.
> passwd-file, sql, ldap. Syntax is eg.:
>
> allow_nets=192.168.0.0/16,127.0.0.0/8
>

Thanks,

maybe I'll wait for a while if it happened to find its way into FC5's
standard dovecot rpms... Meanwhile I could try investigating how
to use userdb for other purposes... userdb in general is still an
undiscovered area for me.

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TiN