Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:26:27 -0400 From: Hornet <hornetmadness@gmail.com> To: Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remote access to a user's mail spool Message-ID: <f42935a605070514264466f924@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20050705145350.W37501@neptune.atopia.net> References: <20050705145350.W37501@neptune.atopia.net>
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I would have to say that, for what you are trying to do, you are going the long way about it. If I was to be stuck having to this, I would make a php/perl script with web GUI that just pares out the users subjects and adds a check box and delete button. Security can be implemented in so many ways with Apache that I would recommend that you read the Apache manual. I would go so far as setting an IP alias on the interface and limiting the networks that can access the script. Or just lock the shell access correctly. Erik On 7/5/05, Matt Juszczak <matt@atopia.net> wrote: > Hi all, >=20 > We're an ISP, and we are currently looking for a way for our tech support > guys to access customer's email without having shell access to the server= , > or knowing the customer's password. >=20 > We'd like to install a custom webmail client on our private internal LAN > webserver that would only show the user's inbox and the ability to delete > the messages (couldn't read messages, etc.). The problem is that we woul= d > have to know the user's password in order for my PHP script to go out and > fetch the mail. >=20 > Is there a way I can setup and/or patch one of the POP3 clients (of cours= e > I would firewall this and do an SSH tunnel with the pop3d running on > localhost only on the mail server, so I would keep things secure) so that > it could be given any random password and would authenticate? >=20 > Or is this some kind of patch I would need to write? Maybe a better > option would be to write a custom client/server interface via ssh to > interact with the mail spool (possibly calling "mail" over ssh remotely, > with public/private key authentication and sudo access to mail for the > remote account).... >=20 > Any ideas? >=20 > Thanks, >=20 > Matt >=20 > PS: I can admit that I originally posted this to the dovecot mailing list= , > but am now seeing it might be a system-related issue vs. a pop3 daemon > issue. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" >
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