.. _imap-features-access-control-lists:

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Access Control
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Cyrus IMAP features rich access control compliant with :rfc:`2086`,
:rfc:`4314`, :rfc:`5257` and :rfc:`5464`.

Combined, this provides powerful mechanisms to enable or restrict access
to information contained within the Cyrus IMAP mailspool.

.. seealso::
    
    *   :ref:`imap-admin-access-control-lists-rights-reference`
    *   :ref:`imap-admin-access-control-combining-rights`
    *   :ref:`imap-admin-access-control-defaults`
    *   :ref:`imap-admin-access-control-identifiers`

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