Re: [cobalt-users] POP3 based Webmail

[shimi <shimi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Zarrir Junior wrote:

>      Thanks shimi for the uebimiau link. Pretty straightforward webmail
> solution. Now for 2 stupid questions: Iīm creating a POP3 based Webmail with
> multiple domains but accessible only via one web address. Iīd like to
> obligate the users to access the homepage to retrieve their emails.
> 1)How can i forbid them to have their Outlooks and Messengers configured
> with the serverīs data to retrieve the emails remotely but still keep the
> possibility of them accessing via the homepage?

Use IPchains to disalow incoming traffic from everywhere (but not your
local connection) ? (to the POP3 port)

(or, make the pop3 server bound to some local IP, or, different port (most
users don't even know what a port is... note that I said "most" ;-) )

> 2)Is it possible to create the users (POP accounts) for each of the virtual
> domains without having to create virtual sites for every virtual domain? If
> so, how can i limit the mailboxes size?

a) this program is just a pop3 reader, just like netscape, eudora &
lookout, I hope you understand the question is not relevant to the
software I've mentioned.

b) of course this is manually possible, as the GUI does it itself. I'm
almost 100% sure, however, that either the GUI will get screwed for doing
so, or, your changes overwritten everytime you change something in the
GUI. If it was a vanilla linux, I would try it, but with Cobalts this
doesn't look very... uhm... worth trying :-)

 
> Thanks for any ideas. 

sure.

> Zarrir 

- shimi.