Re: Sv: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the protocols list?

On 2022-03-01 4:23 p.m., Sebastian Nielsen wrote: By locking access for POP3 by Google IP, you ensure it can only be used with the fetch feature of Gmail (which do have account-wise rate-limits to prevent password hacking). In this way, you increase security. Of course it must be combined with

Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

> On 02/03/2022 07:54 Benny Pedersen wrote: > > > On 2022-03-02 02:53, Sean McBride wrote: > > Thanks all for your replies. > > > > I have no need/desire to support anything google-related, so those > > concerns don't apply, but thanks for pointing them out. > > > > So is it just a matter o

Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

On 2022-03-02 02:53, Sean McBride wrote: Thanks all for your replies. I have no need/desire to support anything google-related, so those concerns don't apply, but thanks for pointing them out. So is it just a matter of removing pop3 from that list in the config file? leave out pop3, pop3s out

Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

On 2022-03-02 01:14, Harlan Stenn wrote: The reason to support POP3 is that if you forward email to another account and that includes any spam, you are gonna get dinged. If folks want to read their email from gmail, they really need to suck that email over via POP to avoid this problem. and ro

Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

Thanks all for your replies. I have no need/desire to support anything google-related, so those concerns don't apply, but thanks for pointing them out. So is it just a matter of removing `pop3` from that list in the config file? Thanks, Sean

Re: Sv: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the protocols list?

tions and firewalling for IMAP and Auth on 587 aswell. -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org För Harlan Stenn Skickat: den 2 mars 2022 01:15 Till: Peter ; dovecot@dovecot.org Ämne: Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the protocols list? The reason t

Sv: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the protocols list?

and firewalling for IMAP and Auth on 587 aswell. -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: dovecot-boun...@dovecot.org För Harlan Stenn Skickat: den 2 mars 2022 01:15 Till: Peter ; dovecot@dovecot.org Ämne: Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the protocols list? The reason to support

Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

The reason to support POP3 is that if you forward email to another account and that includes any spam, you are gonna get dinged. If folks want to read their email from gmail, they really need to suck that email over via POP to avoid this problem. H On 3/1/2022 3:13 PM, Peter wrote: The only

Re: Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

The only modern reason I can think of to continue to support POP3 is that gmail's email fetch feature only works over POP3, so if you want people to be able to import their email from your server to gmail or google workspace then you should probably continue to support POP3. Peter On 2/03/2

Does disabling POP3 just mean removing it from the `protocols` list?

Hi all, Hopefully a simple question. If I want to disable POP3 support (because everyone is using IMAP anyway), it is just a matter of removing `pop3` from the `protocols` setting in dovecot.conf? Are there side effects or other considerations I should be aware of? Thanks, Sean