tcpd IMAP server question

[ruttiger]

i'm running both POP and IMAP. My users login through a web-based interface, and have IMAP folders in their home directories. I'm goin to keep the INBOX in the var/spool/mail dir, so they can check their email with POP3, leave messages on the server, then move the messages from the /var/spool/mail dir into their user-defined IMAP folders in their home directories. So, i need IMAP to do all the folder stuff and all.

i dont want the users to use IMAP to check their email tho...I believe the "tcpd" daemon is handling IMAP connetions...is there any way to only allow IMAP connections from a certain IP address? (my server)...
but, keep the POP access the same?

thanks!!

Blake Caldwell

[ruttiger]

figured it out - here's how, if anyone needs to do it:

1. edit /etc/hosts.allow:
   imapd: ALL

2. edit /etc/hosts.deny:
   imapd: [my IP address]

so, my server can now do the imap folder manips, and not worry about the users going in and manually mucking things up with IMAP from outlook express, etc...

thanks me! 🙂

blake