Re: [Exim] How to close (expire) account?

Toralf Lund wrote:
> With Exim 3.3x, what's the right and proper way to "close" a mail account
> without actually removing the user from the passwd database? The behaviour
> I want can be stimulated (more or less) by using the below exim filter as
> .forward, but I'm looking for a simpler/more general/more correct way.
>
> # Exim filter
>
> seen mail from "Mail Delivery System <Mailer-Daemon@$domain>" subject
> "Mail Delivery failed: Account expired" text "The following message was
> not delivered, as account \"$local_part\" has expired" return message

Maybe with a director like this one

closed_accounts:
driver = forwardfile
local_parts = /etc/exim/expired_users
allow_fail
data = :fail: User $local_part has expired

I'm not very fimilar with exim3 anymore, but this should give you at
least a starting point :)


Nico