All the pop3 or imap daemons normaly look at is the username/password
you give them when you connect. They may also limit what IP's may
connect to them, but there is nothing limiting users to specific IPs.
You are logging into the service, as opposed to logging into the machine
and having shell access, and then accessing the files you have permision
to access.
Also, when you open a PPP link between machines, you may not even be
logged into the machine. You have extablished a network link, but you
usualy have not given yourself any special access. You have to use
other software to access things like your home directory, or to get a
shell, and this will require you to log in using a user name/password.
I have used systems where the username/password for PPP was different
then the one for shell access and mail. (If your username for mail is
sam, but for PPP is Psam, your ISP is of this type.)
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Jeff Lane wrote:
> Hmmm I stand corrected then
>
> I would have thought that their servers would prevent that from happening
> (similar to keeping users out of each others home accounts on a LAN)...
>
> I will have to go home tonite and play with that some and see what i can
> figure out...
>
>
>
> On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > But you should be able to create a .fetchmailrc file that will get her
> > e-mail over your normal ppp connection. The easyest way would be to
> > create a user for her mail with the proper .fetchmailrc, or add her
> > username/password to a master .fetchmailrc file that is used to get mail
> > for all your users. You should not have to gring up the ppp link using
> > your mother's name and password just to get her mail.
>
>
Mikkel
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