I think this would be the easiest. Also disable the access to web mail for all accounts in the domain. By doing this they will continue to receive mail but will not be able to retreive it.
This is an excerpt from the IMail administrator help file. Account Access Disabled. Select this option to prohibit the user from accessing the account remotely through POP3 or IMAP4. This option allows you disable the account without changing the user's password or removing them from the system. This is how you can do it for all accounts for the domain. 1. Click on the "Users" folder in the domain you want to disable then click 2. On the right hand side of the windows choose "Global User Changes" 3. Select No to Allow pop3 access to mail box. ( this actually is "Account Access Disabled" ) 4. Select No to Allow web access. 5. Click "Change ALL accounts" button on the bottom of the form. This will disable all account access but still receive mail for the accounts. Tested on 8.04 Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sanford > Whiteman > Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 12:09 PM > To: serge > Subject: Re[4]: [IMail Forum] disable domain > > > > 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/ > 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/
