> It is the smtp/d services that deliver incoming mail to domain\users > directories if you restrict pop3, imap, and webmess access to these > directories, the mail will still be received, but no one will be > able to read it with pop,imap, web when the customer pays, you allow > access of the 3 services to the domain directory
> Will this work? Sort of. Doing it this way will have at least one entirely undesirable result, which is that anyone using POP3 who leaves their messages on the server will get duplicate messages, upon resumption of service, which helps neither side. In addition all login processes will take a significantly long time as they wait to time out file locks, consuming server resources and in that way punishing the hosting provider as much as the customer. I find this far inferior to locking out the account access completely, though YMMV. >> The services determine valid users by looking in the Registry, not >> in the file system. That's the only place you have to manage. > can you please explain ? The point is that the userbase is stored in the Registry; the user mail directories are not consulted to determine user existence, nor password validity. If you want to lock people out with minimal impact, you use the userbase. -Sandy ------------------------------------ Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist Broadleaf Systems, a division of Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
