[Dovecot] mail_log_events, but who exactly triggered events?

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Thu Jan 30 13:25:41 EET 2014



Am 30.01.2014 12:04, schrieb Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz:
> On Thursday 30 of January 2014, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 30.01.2014 10:50, schrieb Arkadiusz Miśkiewicz:
>>> mail_log_events is nice addition but how to log who exactly triggered
>>> particular event? For example 5 users from 5 IP addresses uses single
>>> imap user/mailbox.
>>>
>>> One of them deletes email and I'm logging delete related events. The only
>>> logged thing is:
>>>
>>> dovecot: imap(user): delete: box=INBOX, uid=673287, msgid=<some at thing>,
>>> size=1230
>>>
>>> which tells me nothing about who triggered it actually (note all 5 users
>>> were logged in at deletion time)
>>>
>>> How to solve this problem?
>>
>> do not share user-logins
> 
> I'm not sharing. Customers are.
> 
>> don't do that for any service, not only mail
> 
> That impossible to make.
> 
> Customer creates login "abc" on my server and gives it to 10 employees to 
> watch that mailbox.
> 
> 10 employees log in to that single accound and do some actions. One of them is 
> "bad" and deletes important mail. I want to be able to figure which one.
> 
> I have no control over customers. Also I see no sensible reason to disallow 
> such work style

than your answer to them is simply "i can't tell who did what" as long
they insist on that work style - how is that your problem?

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