Add possibility to set "Can be used to log in to Plesk" unchecked by default during mail account creation
Creating mail account In Plesk panel Domains > example.com > Mail accounts > Create Email Address has an option "Can be used to log in to Plesk" which is checked by default.
There can be a situation when you can by mistake leave the option checked but you don't plan to permit to log in to Plesk with created mail account.
So it would be convenient to have this option unchecked by default.
Plesk Tech Support
shared this idea
Logging in to Plesk as the mailbox user will only allow that user to edit his own settings of that mailbox, e.g. the password. The effect of this option is marginal. We are also only talking about a preset change from "checked" to "unchecked". It's only a mouseclick to uncheck the box, and when the default is changed to "unchecked" other users will complain that they now need to check this box each time they add a mailbox.
As this feature did not become popular and as the setting is already optional we must decline it.
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Duarte N
commented
It is regrettable that this suggestion is closed to voting.
In our case, the hosting is managed by the hosting client. We use SmarterMail and this option is completely unnecessary. Mail users are not even aware that there is a control panel.
When in doubt, many leave the box marked "Can be used to log in to Plesk" and this has the following consequences:
- pollutes the database with users that were not even created because they were just mail users;
- creates a user with access to the system and this bug proves that activating permissions "just because" is not a good solution: https://talk.plesk.com/threads/mail-application-user-has-access-to-wpt-by-default.371885/
- increase the attack surface of the mail service.