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In article <1992Oct8.183333.530@dct.ac.uk>, mcsdc1sjt@dct.ac.uk writes:
> Stop me if I am in the wrong area,
> 
> I am trying to lock out a pest from me mailbox on the standard VMS mail system.
> Is there a command or a routine to do this?
>  
> Thanks in advance. Gonzo

A good way I've seen to do this is to move your MAIL.MAI file to a subdirectory
and then place ACLs on the DIRECTORY, not the MAIL.MAI file... the reason is
that if you place an ACL on the MAIL.MAI file (at least on my system) the ACL
is deleted when you COMPRESS your mail... so the pest can bug you again when
you COMPRESS unless you reset the ACL every time...

The best way I know of to do this is to get into mail and at the MAIL prompt
type

MAIL> SET MAIL [.MAIL]

which sets your mail directory to a MAIL.DIR file off your default SYS$LOGIN
directory... then set down SYSTEM privs on the MAIL.DIR file
( $ SET PROTECTION=(S,O:RWED,W:RWE) MAIL.DIR    works for me)
and then take away privs from the pest using an ACL....
( $ SET ACL/ACL=(id=[USERNM],access=none) MAIL.DIR    works for me, where
  USERNM is the username of the pest.)

this may not work for all systems, but it works for mine, for what it's worth.


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J. Brown

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