http://dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2009-June/040650.html

--- configure.in.orig	2008-06-22 13:02:27.000000000 +0200
+++ configure.in	2008-07-23 15:05:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@
 	notify=$withval,
 	notify=)
 
+AC_ARG_WITH(libwrap,
+[  --with-libwrap          Build with libwrap, ie. TCP-wrappers (default)],
+    if test x$withval = xno; then
+		want_libwrap=no
+	else
+		want_libwrap=yes
+	fi,
+	want_libwrap=yes)
+
 AC_ARG_WITH(linux-quota,
 [  --with-linux-quota=n    Linux quota version to use (default: system's)],
 	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_LINUX_QUOTA_VERSION, $withval,
@@ -1554,6 +1563,30 @@
 fi
 
 dnl **
+dnl ** TCP wrappers
+dnl **
+
+if test "$want_libwrap" = "yes"; then
+  AC_CHECK_HEADER(tcpd.h, [
+    old_LIBS=$LIBS
+    LIBS="$LIBS -lwrap"
+    AC_TRY_LINK([
+      #include <tcpd.h>
+      int allow_severity;
+      int deny_severity;
+      struct request_info request;
+    ], [
+      request_init(&request, 0);
+    ], [
+      AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBWRAP,, Define if you have libwrap)
+      LIBWRAP_LIBS=-lwrap
+      AC_SUBST(LIBWRAP_LIBS)
+    ])
+    LIBS=$old_LIBS
+  ])
+fi
+
+dnl **
 dnl ** userdb and passdb checks
 dnl **
 
--- dovecot-example.conf.orig	2008-11-07 19:11:37.000000000 +0100
+++ dovecot-example.conf	2008-11-07 19:15:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -176,6 +176,11 @@
 # these networks. Typically you'd specify your IMAP proxy servers here.
 #login_trusted_networks =
 
+# Use TCP wrappers for incoming connection access checks. This requires that
+# Dovecot was compiled with libwrap. Note that this setting requires
+# login_process_per_connection=yes.
+#login_tcp_wrappers = no
+
 # Space-separated list of elements we want to log. The elements which have
 # a non-empty variable value are joined together to form a comma-separated
 # string.
--- src/imap-login/Makefile.am.orig	2008-06-12 08:45:10.000000000 +0200
+++ src/imap-login/Makefile.am	2008-07-07 18:57:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 	../lib-imap/libimap.a \
 	../lib-auth/libauth.a \
 	../lib/liblib.a \
-	$(SSL_LIBS)
+	$(SSL_LIBS) \
+	$(LIBWRAP_LIBS)
 
 imap_login_SOURCES = \
	client.c \
--- src/login-common/main.c.orig	2009-01-23 19:13:01.000000000 +0100
+++ src/login-common/main.c	2009-02-21 14:11:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBWRAP
+#  include <tcpd.h>
+#  include <syslog.h>
+int allow_severity = LOG_INFO;
+int deny_severity = LOG_WARNING;
+#  include "str.h"
+#endif
+
 bool disable_plaintext_auth, process_per_connection;
-bool verbose_proctitle, verbose_ssl, verbose_auth, auth_debug;
+bool verbose_proctitle, verbose_ssl, verbose_auth, auth_debug, tcp_wrappers;
 bool ssl_required, ssl_require_client_cert;
 const char *greeting, *log_format;
 const char *const *log_format_elements;
@@ -76,6 +84,45 @@
 	io_loop_stop(ioloop);
 }
 
+static void access_check(int fd, const struct ip_addr *ip, bool ssl)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBWRAP
+	struct request_info req;
+	char *daemon;
+	string_t *process_name_ssl;
+
+	if (!tcp_wrappers)
+		return;
+	if (!process_per_connection)
+		i_fatal("Tried to use TCP wrappers with process_per_connection=no");
+
+	if (ssl) {
+		process_name_ssl = t_str_new(20);
+		str_append(process_name_ssl, process_name);
+		str_append(process_name_ssl, "-ssl");
+		daemon = str_c(process_name_ssl);
+	} else {
+		daemon = process_name;
+	}
+	request_init(&req,
+		     RQ_FILE, fd,
+		     RQ_CLIENT_ADDR, net_ip2addr(ip),
+		     RQ_DAEMON, daemon,
+		     0);
+	fromhost(&req);
+
+	if (!hosts_access(&req)) {
+		i_error("Connection refused by tcp-wrappers: %s",
+			net_ip2addr(ip));
+		refuse(&req);
+		i_unreached();
+	}
+	if (ssl) {
+		str_free(&process_name_ssl);
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 static void login_accept(void *context)
 {
 	int listen_fd = POINTER_CAST_TO(context, int);
@@ -91,6 +138,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	i_set_failure_ip(&remote_ip);
+	access_check(fd, &remote_ip, FALSE);
 
 	if (net_getsockname(fd, &local_ip, &local_port) < 0) {
 		memset(&local_ip, 0, sizeof(local_ip));
@@ -123,6 +171,7 @@
 		return;
 	}
 	i_set_failure_ip(&remote_ip);
+	access_check(fd, &remote_ip, TRUE);
 
 	if (net_getsockname(fd, &local_ip, &local_port) < 0) {
 		memset(&local_ip, 0, sizeof(local_ip));
@@ -323,6 +372,7 @@
 	ssl_require_client_cert = getenv("SSL_REQUIRE_CLIENT_CERT") != NULL;
 	disable_plaintext_auth = ssl_required ||
 		getenv("DISABLE_PLAINTEXT_AUTH") != NULL;
+	tcp_wrappers = getenv("TCP_WRAPPERS") != NULL;
 
 	greeting = getenv("GREETING");
 	if (greeting == NULL)
@@ -417,11 +467,12 @@
 	   restrict_access_by_env() is called */
 	lib_init();
 
+	process_name = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
+	process_name = process_name == NULL ? argv[0] : process_name+1;
+
 	if (is_inetd) {
 		/* running from inetd. create master process before
 		   dropping privileges. */
-		process_name = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
-		process_name = process_name == NULL ? argv[0] : process_name+1;
 		group_name = t_strcut(process_name, '-');
 
 		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
--- src/master/login-process.c.orig	2009-01-20 21:04:17.000000000 +0100
+++ src/master/login-process.c	2009-02-21 14:13:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@
 		env_put(t_strconcat("TRUSTED_NETWORKS=",
 				    set->login_trusted_networks, NULL));
 	}
+	if (set->login_tcp_wrappers)
+		env_put("TCP_WRAPPERS=1");
 	env_put(t_strconcat("LOGIN_DIR=", set->login_dir, NULL));
 }
 
--- src/master/master-settings.c.orig	2008-08-21 01:17:31.000000000 +0200
+++ src/master/master-settings.c	2008-11-07 19:21:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@
 	MEMBER(login_process_per_connection) TRUE,
 	MEMBER(login_chroot) TRUE,
 	MEMBER(login_trusted_networks) "",
+	MEMBER(login_tcp_wrappers) FALSE,
+
 
 	MEMBER(login_process_size) 64,
 	MEMBER(login_processes_count) 3,
@@ -481,6 +483,7 @@
 		fix_base_path(auth->parent->defaults, &s->master.path);
 		fix_base_path(auth->parent->defaults, &s->client.path);
 	}
+
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -866,6 +869,20 @@
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 #endif
+
+	if (!set->login_process_per_connection && set->login_tcp_wrappers) {
+		i_error("login_process_per_connection=no can't be used with "
+			"login_tcp_wrappers=yes");
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+#ifndef HAVE_LIBWRAP
+	if (set->login_tcp_wrappers) {
+		i_error("login_tcp_wrappers can't be used because "
+			"Dovecot wasn't built with libwrap");
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
--- src/master/master-settings-defs.c.orig	2008-06-21 09:27:01.000000000 +0200
+++ src/master/master-settings-defs.c	2008-11-07 19:21:55.000000000 +0100
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
 	DEF_BOOL(login_process_per_connection),
 	DEF_BOOL(login_chroot),
 	DEF_STR(login_trusted_networks),
+	DEF_BOOL(login_tcp_wrappers),
+
 
 	DEF_INT(login_process_size),
 	DEF_INT(login_processes_count),
--- src/master/master-settings.h.orig	2008-08-21 01:17:31.000000000 +0200
+++ src/master/master-settings.h	2008-11-07 19:23:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 	bool login_process_per_connection;
 	bool login_chroot;
 	const char *login_trusted_networks;
+	bool login_tcp_wrappers;
 
 	unsigned int login_process_size;
 	unsigned int login_processes_count;
--- src/pop3-login/Makefile.am.orig	2008-06-12 08:45:10.000000000 +0200
+++ src/pop3-login/Makefile.am	2008-07-07 18:57:31.000000000 +0200
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 	../login-common/liblogin-common.a \
 	../lib-auth/libauth.a \
 	../lib/liblib.a \
-	$(SSL_LIBS)
+	$(SSL_LIBS) \
+	$(LIBWRAP_LIBS)
 
 pop3_login_SOURCES = \
 	client.c \