I would have to say that, for what you are trying to do, you are going the long way about it. If I was to be stuck having to this, I would make a php/perl script with web GUI that just pares out the users subjects and adds a check box and delete button. Security can be implemented in so many ways with Apache that I would recommend that you read the Apache manual. I would go so far as setting an IP alias on the interface and limiting the networks that can access the script. Or just lock the shell access correctly.
Erik On 7/5/05, Matt Juszczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We're an ISP, and we are currently looking for a way for our tech support > guys to access customer's email without having shell access to the server, > or knowing the customer's password. > > We'd like to install a custom webmail client on our private internal LAN > webserver that would only show the user's inbox and the ability to delete > the messages (couldn't read messages, etc.). The problem is that we would > have to know the user's password in order for my PHP script to go out and > fetch the mail. > > Is there a way I can setup and/or patch one of the POP3 clients (of course > I would firewall this and do an SSH tunnel with the pop3d running on > localhost only on the mail server, so I would keep things secure) so that > it could be given any random password and would authenticate? > > Or is this some kind of patch I would need to write? Maybe a better > option would be to write a custom client/server interface via ssh to > interact with the mail spool (possibly calling "mail" over ssh remotely, > with public/private key authentication and sudo access to mail for the > remote account).... > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Matt > > PS: I can admit that I originally posted this to the dovecot mailing list, > but am now seeing it might be a system-related issue vs. a pop3 daemon > issue. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"