Re: [exim] problem to disable a specific account

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Author: Odhiambo Washington
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To: Merlin Hartley
CC: exim users, dennis.cervantes
Subject: Re: [exim] problem to disable a specific account
On 14 June 2016 at 13:14, Merlin Hartley <merlin@???> wrote:

> In the simple case, assuming you are using authentication, you should be
> able to just lock the unix account.
>
> usermod --lock <username>
>
> Caveat: this would also prevent reading mail, if your IMAP server is
> running on the same box.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
>
> Merlin
>


He said he's using MySQL so no assumptions please.
Is it safe to assume he's on Linux though, since I can't find this usermd
command in my FreeBSD? :-)


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