How To Change Nym Sending Limits

Freedom Mail System Documentation

Author: Roger McFarlane <roger@zks.net>
Revision: $Revision: 1.2 $
Last Modified: $Date: 2001/04/19 19:28:20 $

Contents

This document outlines the necessary steps and procedures required to modify the maximum amount of messages per day which a nym is permitted to send.

  1. Changing the limit for new nyms
  2. Changing the limit of existing nyms

1. Changing the limit for new nyms

The limit assigned to new nyms is contained in the authentication certificate which is issued to the nym by the nym server. To change this value, you must modify the following file:

/freedom/etc/tokentypeid.conf

Look for the section defining the attributes of the nym type you wish to mofidy and change the EmailLimit parameter to the appropriate value.

Save and close the file.

Note that the nym server process must be restarted for this change to take effect.

2. Changing the limit of existing nyms

Upon creation of an account, the mail system stores the sendling limit value obtained from the authentication certificate as a parameter of the nym's account. To change the limit for a given nym, do the following steps.

As root on the store, or as alias on the NMTAB, POP, or IMEPB:

  1. go to the nym's account
    cd `frname2account $(cat /freedom/qmail/control/mailroot) {nym-name}`
  2. edit the .send-limit file
  3. replace its contents with the numerical value of the new limit
  4. save and close the file

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