Re: IMAP folders when the user doesn't have a shell?

From: divtech (billatdt.com.au)
Date: 08/31/05 

Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:42:20 +1000

> What's wrong with giving them a home dirctory for their IMAP folders? If
> their shell is set to /bin/false the only way they'll be able to access it
> is through IMAP.

I have setup a mail server using LDAP to authenticate users, so there
are no home directories by default (unless a user actually logs in). It
would be a pain to have to create a home directory on this machine every
time I need to add a user to the network.