restrict frequency of login attempts?

[Justin]

On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 16:00, Sebastian Hagedorn wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> --On 12. April 2005 15:50:21 Uhr +0800 Justin <cyrusmail at midaliasteel.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> > Not sure if it matters a great deal, but is there a way to restrict
> > users from logging in more than x times per hour or similar? I have a
> > number of users who insist upon setting mail clients up to check for
> > POP3 mail every minute; a situation I'd like to remedy.
> 
> % man imapd.conf
> 
> popminpoll: 0
>             Set the minimum amount of time the server  forces  users  to 
> wait
>             between successive POP logins, in minutes.
> 
> In our experience this doesn't work very well, because users don't 
> understand what is happening.
> --
> Sebastian Hagedorn - RZKR-R1 (Gebäude 52), Zimmer 18
> Zentrum für angewandte Informatik - Universitätsweiter Service RRZK
> Universität zu Köln / Cologne University - Tel. +49-221-478-5587


Thanks Sebastian. At about the same time as your email I got to that
part of man imap :/

What is the error/message that the users see? Is it MUA specific?


Justin
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