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0 pointsecb_penguin2mo ago0 comments

Disable the account or change DNS records are the easiest.

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This is illegal in most places unless the contract says otherwise. You don't have a lien on a website or domain the way you do for a car.

toast02mo ago

How is disabling the account when it's not being paid for illegal? Beyond some grace period, if I'm not paid, I'm not accepting your mail. If I'm not being paid, I'm not answering DNS queries on your behalf either.

I'm not going to interfere with your contract with a different party that handles your mail or DNS if that's how you manage your mail or DNS.

I'm a nice guy so I'll signal a temporary error and if you arrange payment (or at least claim that you will arrange payment shortly), hopefully your correspondents will retry and you'll just have delays and not lost messages.

smt882mo ago

DNS is generally prepaid. You can't sabotage services because you aren't being paid. For example, a landlord can't disable someone's prepaid internet when he stops receiving their rent.

The remedy for failure to pay is to seek payment or sue, not to sabotage the client's business.

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ecb_penguinOP2mo ago

I didn't say anything about the legality... They asked how to block email. Both of these would work.

There's no reason to respond to questions or points nobody is making.

smt882mo ago

You don't think there's a reason to say someone's illegal advice is illegal? OK.

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smt882mo ago

This is illegal in most places unless the contract says otherwise. You don't have a lien on a website or domain the way you do for a car.

toast02mo ago

I'm not going to interfere with your contract with a different party that handles your mail or DNS if that's how you manage your mail or DNS.

smt882mo ago

DNS is generally prepaid. You can't sabotage services because you aren't being paid. For example, a landlord can't disable someone's prepaid internet when he stops receiving their rent.

The remedy for failure to pay is to seek payment or sue, not to sabotage the client's business.

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ecb_penguinOP2mo ago

I didn't say anything about the legality... They asked how to block email. Both of these would work.

There's no reason to respond to questions or points nobody is making.

smt882mo ago

You don't think there's a reason to say someone's illegal advice is illegal? OK.

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