I would prefer a database lookup, so that the user could
have access to a web page interface to enable themselves to
leave mail on server. At least it would be a proactive
choice rather than an accidental install choice that takes
up endless tech support hours to undo it.
Homer
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> Maybe a special Unix "group" could be configured -- and then qpopper would
> refuse to leave-copy-on-server for them only?
>
>
> _F
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>
> At 09:48 AM 7/11/2001 -1000, Clifton Royston wrote:
> >On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 02:15:20PM -0400, Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> > > My biggest reason for this is that we have some users who connect via
> > > dialup, and continue to complain that their connection drops -- and
> > after X
> > > times explaining to them that their mail file is 10meg (etc), they
> > continue
> > > the same pattern.
> > >
> > > In a case like that I just assume have a config file
> > >
> > > [ /usr/local/etc/qpopper.conf ]
> >
> >This of course you can do just by pointing qpopper at it from the
> >command line: -f /usr/local/etc/qpopper.conf
> >
> > > leavemailauth: user1, user2, user3
> > >
> > > And the rest would not be permitted to leave-copy-on-server.
> >
> > Hmmm, I like the intent. A problem I see is that this doesn't seem
> >like it would scale very well to large numbers of users. It also
> >doesn't seem to generalise for the reverse (which I'd prefer) of
> >denying leave-mail to a small list of users, or generalise for the
> >other types of parameters one might want to set on a per-user basis.
> >
> > I'd really like to come up with a more general solution that fits the
> >current clean config file design, but allows one to adjust a range of
> >settings per user from a centralised file or files instead of one per
> >user. I am thinking about a possible way to implement that with clean
> >syntax and acceptable performance.
> >
> > -- Clifton
> >
> >--
> > Clifton Royston -- LavaNet Systems Architect -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > WWJD? "JWRTFM!" - Scott Dorsey (kludge) "JWG" - Eddie Aikau
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