Kristof Goossens wrote:
Hello all, I need to make a pop3 account on my server. I intend to work with ipop3d to provide secure pop3 service. Now I want to provide this service for only few people, and I don't want them to have an account on the system. Well, they can have a pop3 account, but no other access whatsoever... I don 't like the idea of giving them an account and setting their shell to /bin/false. So my question is: "Is it possible to create a pop3 account without needing to modify the /etc/passwd file?"
but it's the simplest way - /bin/false as a shell and they have only access to pop3
you need the users to have an account on the system, so smtp can receive mail for them afaik.
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