Re: Preventing certain users from sending mail

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From: Michael I. Bushnell
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 10:39

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In article <1046.25e5c8d7@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Peter writes:
>Hello!  I have what is hopefully a really easy question.
>
>We would like to prevent an anonymous guest account from sending mail, but
>enable all other accounts.  Does anyone have any suggestions on implementing
>this?
>
>Please post or email to murrayp@apsvax.aps.muohio.edu (the address above
>does not work well)

Don't bother.  I checked, and you are on the internet.  All anyone on
your guest account needs to do is connect to the SMTP server of anyone
else on the Internet, and send the mail that way.  Sorry.

    Michael I. Bushnell      \     This above all; to thine own self be true
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   mike@unmvax.cs.unm.edu     /\   Thou canst not be false to any man.
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