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1. You could change the NT permissions on that mail domain tree, so the
>>
Clever idea.
>>
2. You could backup Imail registry, and that mail domain tree (mailboxes),
and then delete the domain from Imail.
>>
Even more clever
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3. If the domain had its own ip, you could play games in DNS
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I thought about this but there would be delay both in "turning" off the mail
and more importantly "turning" it back on once the customers paid.
I reduced the mailbox size to "1" so all the mail will be bounced.
It appears the "account disabled" feature doesn't work, or does WORK ;-)
Andrew P. Kaplan, CNE, MCSE+Internet, MCT, CCNA, CCDA
CyberShore, Inc. -- Premium Internet Services -- http://www.cshore.com
"Experience is a harsh teacher. It first gives you the test then the
lesson."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Len Conrad
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 1:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] turn off accounts
>
>
>
> >How do I quickly turn off all mailboxes for a single domain, so that the
> >users cannot access the mail (they didn't pay their bill). The accoutn
> >disabled button doesn't seem to work.
>
> You don't want Imail to accept mail for that domain? and no mailboxes to
> be accessed?
>
> 1. You could change the NT permissions on that mail domain tree, so the
> Imail process could not access it at all, maybe? Incoming mail would be
> queued in the \spool directory, but could not be delivered. Mail reading
> would be blocked due to file access errors. A lot of errors in
> Imail log,
> maybe.
>
> 2. You could backup Imail registry, and that mail domain tree
> (mailboxes),
> and then delete the domain from Imail. Imail would reject the
> mail since
> the domain would be unknown. but this is work to re-install the domain +
> users.
>
> 3. If the domain had its own ip, you could play games in DNS
>
> ok:
>
> unpaiddomain.com MX mail.unpaiddomain.com
> mail.unpaiddomain.com A ip.ad.go.od.
>
> blocked:
>
> unpaidomain.com MX mail.unpaiddomain.com
> mail.unpaiddomain.com A ip.ad.ba.dd
> unpaidomain.com A ip.a.ba.dd.
>
> or just remove the A records completely for mail.unpaiddomain.com and
> unpaiddomain.com and www.mail.unpaiddomain.com.
>
> Len
>
>
> Len
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