Newer Cyrus can kill all connections for a single user with one command, cyr_deny. It adds an entry to the deny database and kills current connections. Bron. On Wed, 22 Feb 2017, at 05:04, Marcus Schopen wrote: > Hi, > > Am Mittwoch, den 22.02.2017, 12:45 +0100 schrieb Paul van der Vlis: > > Hello, > > > > When I change the password of a user what's logged in using an IMAP > > idle-connection, how long will the connection "stay"? > > > > My goal is that the user cannot access the mailbox anymore and does not > > get "new mail". > > > > What I did now is restarting Cyrus and I think all excisting idle > > connections will be lost and all users have to login again. > > > > So my question is "for the next time". > > I would change the password and just kill the process the user is > hanging on. > > Ciao! > > > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ > List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ > To Unsubscribe: > https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus -- Bron Gondwana brong@xxxxxxxxxxx ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://www.cyrusimap.org/ List Archives/Info: http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/ To Unsubscribe: https://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/mailman/listinfo/info-cyrus