Change "Default email address" for all accounts

[Bradl3y]

I want to set every single account we have to fail rather than use the default username@domain for the catch-all account. The only way I have found to do this is to log in to each account's cpanel and set it manually, 1 by 1. We have a lot of accounts so this would be a very painful process.

I know i can set the default in tweak settings. I have already done this, but the problem is i already have a ton of accounts already created with a catch-all account that nobody checks, causing quotas to fill.

Anyone have any ideas? Where is this setting stored? If i knew which file it was stored in i could possible write a script to go through and update all of the config files associated with this setting.

[mtindor]

I want to set every single account we have to fail rather than use the default username@domain for the catch-all account. The only way I have found to do this is to log in to each account's cpanel and set it manually, 1 by 1. We have a lot of accounts so this would be a very painful process.

I know i can set the default in tweak settings. I have already done this, but the problem is i already have a ton of accounts already created with a catch-all account that nobody checks, causing quotas to fill.

Anyone have any ideas? Where is this setting stored? If i knew which file it was stored in i could possible write a script to go through and update all of the config files associated with this setting.

/etc/valiases/*

Look for items in the files such as:

*: renegade ( default address forwarding to 'renegade')
*: :fail: No Such User Here ( a default address that rejects - this is what you want)

Mike

[chirpy]

I wrote a script to do this some time back (searching...) Ah, here it is
http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?t=30987

[Bradl3y]

I wrote a script to do this some time back (searching...) Ah, here it is
http://forums.cpanel.net/showthread.php?t=30987

This worked perfectly, thank you.