On Mon, Dec 13, 1999 at 08:27:26AM -0800, Mark Maggelet mentioned:
> Hello there
> I'm wondering if somebody can help me configure qmail or UW imap
> so that mail can only be accessed from the localhost. I'm running a
> web-based email package and I want the script to be able to access
> the imap account, but I want to disallow people from using a regular
> email client.
Check out "tcp wrappers". It's a simple application that allows you to
specify what IP addresses can connect to which ports of your machine. In
your case, you would allow only local connections to your IMAP port.
"man tcpd" should show if you have it installed locally.
John
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