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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!alpine.valleynet.com!mammoth.valleynet.com!syarbrough From: Scott Yarbrough <syarbrough@valleynet.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Mail only account? Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1996 14:10:55 -0700 Organization: ValleyNet Communications Lines: 30 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.960609140854.9989A-100000@mammoth.valleynet.com> References: <bbrewer-0506962337550001@news.succeed.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: mammoth.valleynet.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <bbrewer-0506962337550001@news.succeed.net> On 6 Jun 1996, Bryan Brewer wrote: > using bsdi 2.1 > > Is there a way to set up pop account only? some clients would like extra > mailboxes, is it possible to adduser, but limit the account to mail > service only? I may be misunderstanding your question, but I have something similar on a private server for a small organisation to gain email access (non-internet, but it should work the same). I have the user shell configured to /usr/bin/pine.. They go straight to the pine mail reader, and when they quit pine it logs them off.. Hope that helps Cya /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Scott Yarbrough Visalia, Ca, USA | | Email: WWW: | | syarbrough@valleynet.com http://www.psnw.com/~syarbrough | | or or | | syarbrou@upbbs.valleynet.com http://upbbs.valleynet.com | | Telnet: upbbs.valleynet.com | | Official home of the Telegard BBS Software Mailing List | \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/