Re: Best practices for disabling email accounts

From: Ryan J.Taylor (rj_at_ncia.net)
Date: 09/12/03

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    Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 11:45:54 -0400
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    On Friday, September 12, 2003, at 11:31 AM, Blake Swensen wrote:

    > Many of you are in the same boat, where customers fall behind and
    > collections letters still do not seem to grab their attention.
    >
    > Short of changing passwords, does anyone have a best practices method
    > of temporarily preventing access to email boxes temporarily. In most
    > of these cases, once the customer has paid, I would like to turn back
    > on the email boxes.

    You could run "pw lock username" on the account and then add something
    like:
    username@pyramus.com 550 Account locked
    to your /etc/mail/access (if you're running Sendmail).

    When it's time to unlock the account just do a "pw unlock username" and
    then remove the entry from your Sendmail access file.

    *Don't forget to rebuild the access file hash for Sendmail.*

    > Thanks
    > --
    > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > The Internet Rescue Company - http://www.pyramus.com
    > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > Blake R. Swensen Pyramus Online, Inc.
    > President 2080 SE Oak Grove Blvd. Suite 11
    > Milwaukie, Oregon 97267
    > 800-327-5101
    > vox:503-353-0455
    > fax:503-353-0453
    > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    > "We measure success by the success of our clients"

    Regards,
    RJ

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