[imp] users / mailboxes etc

Dan Brown danb35@earthlink.net
Thu, 30 Nov 2000 20:29:50 -0500


"...:::SHADI:::..." wrote:

>   before deciding to install imp i was wondering how it manages users and
> mailboxes. do the users have to be (system) registered users or does imp

	IMP doesn't; this is the job of your IMAP server.

> except that there is obviously a way to let imp "learn new users" (or
> not).

	Well, all this function does by default is send an e-mail to a specific
address with all the information that was entered on the signup form. 
If you want it to do more, you'd need to write the code to do that
(consistent with however your IMAP server wants users and mailboxes to
appear).

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