Access Control
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Cyrus IMAP features rich access control compliant with **RFC 2086**,
**RFC 4314**, **RFC 5257** and **RFC 5464**.

* Combining Access Rights

* Access Control Defaults

* Access Control Identifier (ACI)

* Access Control Lists Rights Reference


Discretionary Access Control
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Cyrus IMAP employs discretionary access control, meaning that users
themselves are in charge of what folders are shared, and with whom.

Two means exist to suppress sharing folders between users:

1. Revoke the a (administration) right on all mailboxes in the
   personal namespace for each user.

2. Suppress the listing of the Other Users Namespace by enabling
   "disable_user_namespace" in imapd.conf(5).

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