I use the registry not the database. What you are suggesting seems to be overkill. I am suggesting that suspension means the box owner should not receive email, either by forwarding or by retrieving.
Salama
From: "Suneel Jhangiani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [VOPmail Beta] Suspending an account Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:14:47 +0100
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I'm not sure what your overall operations are like, but an easy way to do this is to create a small database. Then have a VBS script or Web Page that allows you to enter the email address off the account you wish to suspend. This in turn changes the password on the email account being suspended and removes any forwarding parameters.
The script saves a date suspended, along with a reason, the old password and forwarding parameters to the database. Another script can then be utilized to release a suspended account.
This can be further modified by closing accounts that have been suspended for a period of X days.
All off this would depend on your backend infrastructure and how you currently authenticate your VOP Mail customers.
One tip here, would be to use the Extended Database as it is the most flexible solution for handling customer accounts.
Regards,
Suneel.
-----Original Message----- From: Salama hussein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 September 2003 04:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Suspension of an account is missing a feature. When I suspend an account, the forwarding of emails needs to be suspended also, however keep saving the messages on the server.
If the account owner still gets their emails at their other address, they will not know the account is suspended.
My other option is to remove the forward address but this means I have to save it somewhere and remember to put it back when the account is reactivated. It's not a reliable method.
Salama
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