On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 05:58:19PM -0400, Reid Sutherland allegedly wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to be able to suspend a POP3 account without changing the
> client's password. Is there anything I can do to the home directory or
> Maildir to accomplish this?
>
> What I'm doing the for incoming mail is a simple .qmail file that
> creates a message and spits back an error saying the account is suspended
> (sort of like a vacation program). So I want to make sure the .qmail is
> usable but also prevent the client from logging in via POP3. I've attempted
> changing the ownership of the Maildir to someone else, but that didn't work
> and only defered incoming messages.
Do you still want incoming mail delivered for such accounts?
If so, the easiest thing to do is change the name of Maildir to, say,
Maildir.suspended and then in the .qmail file go:
./Maildir.suspended/
| bouncesaying "Account suspended"
When they become active again, remove the .qmail file and rename
Maildir.suspended back to Maildir. Don't forget the chmod +t $HOME to
defer any deliveries while you are making these changes.
If you do not want the incoming mail delivered, then a permission
change plus a .qmail file that only generates a bounce message is
fine.
Mind you, the POP error message they get wont be very friendly and
maybe that's the intent. If it's not, you could additionally create a
hand-crafted Maildir that has just one message in it regarding the
suspension.
Regards.
