Why do you say it is easier to create the user accounts? I am trying to avoid creating a number of functional account names (i.e. sales, support, etc.) and have mailboxes only, without using aliases and such to send those to real people. I am new to using PAM, how do you discriminate between full login and mail only with PAM? In any case, thank you for your reply. Jim > -----Original Message----- > > It's easier to create system accounts for all users, and then use PAM > to determine which users can log in and which can only read e-mail. > Doing it this way also enables sendmail to identify valid users. > > -- > -Gary Mills- -Unix Support- -U of M Academic Computing and > Networking- >