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From: cparsons@keytech.com (Chris Parsons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: E-mail account without user login
Date: 13 Oct 1995 19:21:43 -0500
Organization: Keystone Technolgy
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Mr. Le (trien@mke.com) wrote:
: Hi,
: I wonder if there is a way to set up a user so he/she can get e-mail via a pop
: client like Eudora but will not allow him to user the username and password to
: login into his account (for sercurity reason).
:
: Thanks in advance.

Easiest way I've found is set their shell and login directory to /dev/null.
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| Chris Parsons                             cparsons@keytech.com  |
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