cPanel AUTO-login to Webmail ... why is it AUTO and not setable ?

CTRLpanel

• February 16, 2014 05:57

Hi I am only a cPanl user, I do not have a VPS or Server that I can set cPanel the way I want it. One or two questions I always wanted to ask. Why when after you click on Webmail from cPanel/HOME and sends you to the Webmail page you get a link saying: Go to Webmail Login - and it AUTO-login for you? How do I set the 'Go to Webmail Login' link to be PW protected at least - I would also set a USER name either than the main cPanel user name. The reason is, anybody within the HOST company might login in there and 'read' personal emails if left there! I really do not understand that. One this is for the Technicians to be able to log in cPanel freely [of course] to help you out and Webmail STRUCTURE not be able to read emails. That I find a silly problem - I think. Thanks in advance.

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  cPanelMichael

  • February 17, 2014 16:11

  Hello :) Authentication is required for individual email accounts when accessing webmail through cPanel. However, some hosting providers might enable the following option under the "Mail" tab in "WHM Home " Server Configuration " Tweak Settings": "Mail authentication via domain owner password" This will allow mail account authentication using the password of the domain owner"s account. Thank you.

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  Hostbox.be

  • November 18, 2014 11:00

  ** Mail authentication via domain owner password is set to OFF ! Is it possible this option does not work anymore as from WHM 11.46.0 (build 14) ? When logged in to the control panel, we can access all mailboxes via webmail Horde, without password ?

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  cPanelMichael

  • November 19, 2014 15:31

  [quote="Hostbox.be, post: 1772471">Is it possible this option does not work anymore as from WHM 11.46.0 (build 14) ? When logged in to the control panel, we can access all mailboxes via webmail Horde, without password ?
  This is actually by design. Here are some quotes from internal case number 132677 where this has been discussed: [QUOTE]The cPanel user is not actually authenticating with their password; a temporary session is created for the transfer. If you attempt to log into webmail directly (as a webmail user) with the cPanel user's password, or you attempt to do the same thing over IMAP, it will still fail.
  [QUOTE]The setting previously had two effects (preventing login through cPanel and preventing logging in directly using the password, through webmail or IMAP/POP), and now it has one.
  We are in the process of updating our documentation to better clarify this change. Thank you.

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