Re: [Evolution-hackers] Mailer lockdown

[Craig Ringer <craig postnewspapers com au>]

On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 03:47, Jeffrey Stedfast wrote:

> I think Anna has at least a partial list as to what sorts of items in
> the account we'd like to lock down.

OK, I'm an admin using Evolution in production, and I have a couple of
things to suggest for that list:

> - auto-check timeout (possibly also have a min value? - this is actually
> just my own idea. admin might not care how often a user auto-checks mail
> as long as it isn't more frequent than every 10 minutes?)

> - service type (want to lock users into using IMAP?)
> - hostname     (don't want users accidently changing hostname)
> - port

Ideally, this combo could also be used to have evolution automatically
create the account when first launched, too.

> - ssl options
> - auth options
> - remember passwd  (false sense of security since user's will probably
> just post-it note the passwd their monitor)
> - drafts/sent folders seem like a good idea  (admin wants everyone to
> use the IMAP sent/drafts folders to make backup easier?)

That sound absolutely wonderful.

> - signature?       (don't allow users to set inappropriate signatures
> and/or force them to a particular company-wide signature?)

... ideally, the signature file could contain $USER etc to insert
certain information automatically. Then again, there are security issues
with this.

There's one thing I'd love to see go on that list, too:

 - hide some Local Accounts folders, such as:
	Inbox
	Sent
	Trash
   these items will be unused if the user is using IMAP mail, and it's
   best that they be configured to be invisible, nor simply not exist. 
   There's nothing that confuses a user quite like two INBOXes.

Craig Ringer