RE: [vps-mail] white/blacklist user_prefs editors

["Jim Smith" <maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Matt. This looks like just what I wanted. 

Regards,

Jim Smith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-vps-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:owner-vps-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matt Cohen
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 12:28 AM
> To: vps-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [vps-mail] white/blacklist user_prefs editors
> 
> Here's what I did:
> 
> 1)downloaded the tarball, set it up in /www/htdocs/webprefs/
> 
> 2)edited config.php, removed comments from line 32: 
> require("auth/pop3.php"); , made no other changes to config file
> 
> 3)After some testing, found out that the .spamassassin 
> directory in the user's folder has to be set to 777 (or 
> probably could be set lower with some user:group changes too, 
> but I didn't play with that), and the user_prefs file in that 
> folder set to 666.
> 
> That's it - all worked fine from there.  Basically, i'm just 
> using the person's pop username & password to login.  Of 
> course, I have users that don't know their pop password..
> 
> ...
> 
> Me: ok, just enter your email password:
> User: but I don't have a password!?  I just open outlook and 
> click 'send/receive' and i've never been asked for a password ?
> 
> ...
> 
> HTH,
> Matt
> 
> 
> At 12:27 PM -0500 2/15/05, Jim Smith said something about:
> >Hi Matt. I'm sure it is more "operator error" than anything. I'm not 
> >familiar with the setup of a PHP "auth" directory. Do I put 
> a .htaccess 
> >file and password protect the directory above the auth 
> directory (in my 
> >case the webuserprefs directory)? I tried that but it 
> doesn't respond 
> >and sends me back to the $return_url address (I assume that 
> I will set 
> >up the return_url to go to an error message?). Should I use the 
> >pop3_noimap.php file? If so, how do I set things up so 
> someone going in 
> >using their pop3 ID will be able to edit their own user_prefs file?
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