* Petter Reinholdtsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040503 23:21]: > This sounds like an argument for closing accounts and waiting a while > before removing them. Not for keeping the mail around when removing > accounts.
yes. that is what we do. right now users and their homedirs are only physically *deleted* when something goes wrong in the user creation process, to not clutter up the login- and mainaccount namespace. after that user "delition" is an actual though disabling of things, aiming to not void information but to preserve it for archiving and later compression and removal. > > what are the reasons that the mailspool must be removed? what do we > > win by doing it now? the mailspool is savely stored in the user's > > entry in the attic and can be taken care of when it comes to to > > controlled removal. > > Mailspool should be removed when the home directory is removed, to > make sure no orphaned mail spool files are left hanging around when > the account is removed. the home directory is not removed, it is made inaccessable, wating for a proper user-cleanup and deletion with cerebrum.
