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Subject: Re: mail account only, no login
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 22:01:39 -0700
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>> Is there a way to create "mail only" accounts?  I want my bsd
>> 2.1.7 machine to only deliver mail via popper and act as a proxy
>> (using squid).
>
>[it seems good days to promote qmail ;-)]


If you just mean no shell, just put an invalid shell such as /dev/null, and
add it to /etc/shells.