courier-imap

[Odhiambo Washington]

* Christian Damm <christian.damm at diewebmaster.at> [20050421 11:51]: wrote:
> 
> 
> Odhiambo Washington schrieb:
> >* Christian Damm <christian.damm at diewebmaster.at> [20050421 00:08]: wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>Odhiambo Washington schrieb:
> >>
> >>>Hello Sysadmins,
> >>>
> >>>Does anyone have any clues as to how I can easily limit access to my
> >>>imapd daemon to just a few hosts?
> >>>I am running courier-imap but looking at /etc/inetd.conf, I don't
> >>>see how I could put it in there and hence use hosts.allow to control
> >>>access. Google has not helped much, but again I may be searching using
> >>>wrong keyword.
> >>
> >>1.) you can use the courier-suites own tcp server (quite similar to the 
> >>DJB tcp server), 'couriertcpd' - look into the manpage, it is able to do 
> >>ip restrictions and much more.
> >
> >
> >This assumes that I use courier as the MTA, yes?
> >
> >In my case I only use the IMAP daemon. I use other MTA.
> >
> 
> no, if you look at your PS output you`ll see 'couriertcpd' running - 
> regardless which part of the courier suite you are using ('couriertcpd' 
> is the courier suites generic tcp server)


You are damn right!! Now I just need to give it ACLs, you mean??
I need to find out HOW it is invoked and how I can pass it the arguments
that will lead to the access control.



> >>2.) dont know if it is possible to compile courier imap aginst libwrap 
> >>and use the tcp wrapper (hosts.allow).
> >
> >
> >
> >Perhaps this one might be better. I will look into this.
> >
> 
> method 1 is the best in any case imho.

Have you used it before, by any chance? I could move quickly with some
practical experience.

 

        Best regards,
        Odhiambo Washington
	Systems Admin,
        Wananchi Online Ltd.

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