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Date:      Wed, 15 May 1996 20:24:10 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        paul@riker.comcirc.com.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Setting up user accounts but with no email access
Message-ID:  <199605160324.UAA16194@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199605160107.KAA01060@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at May 16, 96 10:37:48 am

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> > I am setting up a few user accounts on our WWW server so that users can
> > FTP to the server to post up their web pages into their relevant 
> > web page directories.
> > 
> > How can I disable email access for these users. ie. I dont want them
> > to have an email account, only an account to FTP files to.
> 
> Symlink their mail spool files (in /var/mail) to /dev/null.

This dumps their mail instead of disabling it.

The can still POP in and send mail, and any responses won't be bounced.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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