From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 11 20:50:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA00315 for isp-outgoing; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (root@orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.41]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA00284 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 20:49:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id XAA29924; Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:49:37 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: orion.webspan.net: Host gpalmer@localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: jack cc: "Samuel E. Romero" , FreeBSD ISP Mailing List From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: Additional pop accounts - how? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:28:56 EDT." Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:49:37 -0400 Message-ID: <29920.842500177@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk jack wrote in message ID : > On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Samuel E. Romero wrote: > > How can I create additional pop-only accounts for a login account?. > > I've seen that advertised in some places and I'd like to know how to > > doit. > > Somebody knows? or where can I found the info? > A 'bug' in popper allows users with an invalid shell entry in > /etc/master.password to log in for mail. We set up email only accounts by > setting the home directory and shell entry to /nonexistent They can send > and receive mail but that's all they can do. Or if you use the pop server from the MH source tree you can use a different password file which is only for POP users, and still have normal users get their mail over POP. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info