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- From: clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail
- Subject: Re: Handling disabled accounts and large spool files, Ultrix
- Keywords: spool diable dismail
- Message-ID: <4029@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 07:18:44 GMT
- References: <1992Nov23.030437.8559@unvax.union.edu>
- Organization: Elegant Communications Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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- In article <1992Nov23.030437.8559@unvax.union.edu> Eric.Boehm@union.edu writes:
- >1. I have some users whose accounts are currently disabled (let us not
- >go into why). VMS provides the flags DISUSER,DISMAIL. I would like to
- >do something similar. I know I could probably alias the names and send
- >the input to /dev/null but I would like to be a little friendlier,
- >that is, provide information back to the sender that the account is
- >disabled.
-
- >2. Some users join mailing lists and then don't sign off. Mail keeps
- >pouring in. I would like the mail file to be one in their directory. I
- >know that this was discussed earlier -- the suggestion being that this
- >required rewriting/replacing /bin/mail. Any other alternatives?
-
- The simplest approach is to rename the accounts. Eg: the passwd line:
- boehme:.....
- becomes
- Xboehme:...
-
- Then all incoming mail will bounce, and the originators will be able to do
- something about it. Even if it's a mailing list.
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