Anders Norrbring wrote, at 10/07/2007 07:06 AM: > Is there a way to disable a specific user's access to POP and IMAP in > Cyrus? I still want the mail to be delivered to the mailboxes (done via > LMTP), but I would like to turn off the user from getting the mail. > > In case you wonder, it's for a pay system, so if they don't pay, the > don't get access. I would imagine that the Cyrus way would be to change the ACL on the user's mailbox, using cyradm (or Cyrus::IMAP::Shell, in a perl script): List ACLs: localhost> lam user.bob bob lrswipkxtecda Delete ACLs: localhost> dam user.bob bob read List again, to confirm ACLs: localhost> lam user.bob Now bob can't read his INBOX, and will get a message like the following when he tries (this is from Thunderbird): "The current command did not succeed. The mail server responded: Mailbox does not exist." Note that subfolders are still available. Denying access to the INBOX could be enough of an inconvenience to get the user's attention. To restore access to the INBOX: localhost> sam user.bob bob all You can also apply the ACL to all subfolders, so they can't access anything: localhost> dam user.bob.* bob read To restore access to all subfolders: localhost> sam user.bob.* bob read This approach seems preferable to deleting the password, so you or the user won't have to reset it. For information on setting ACLs, see the cyradm man page. ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/ Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/twiki List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
