In DirectAdmin, you can suspend outgoing emails for all email accounts associated with a specific DirectAdmin user (panel). You can achieve this using the Exim mail server. You'll need root access to make these changes. Here's a step-by-step guide:
Log in to your DirectAdmin server via SSH as the root user.
Create a file named block_users to store the list of blocked DirectAdmin users. You can create this file in the Exim configuration directory, usually /etc/exim. Use your preferred text editor (e.g., nano, vim) to create the file:
nano /etc/exim/block_users
Add the DirectAdmin username(s) you want to block, one per line. For example:
user1
user2
Save and close the file.
Edit the Exim configuration file, usually located at /etc/exim/exim.conf. Open the file with your preferred text editor:
nano /etc/exim/exim.conf
Locate the section beginning with begin acl. Then, find the acl_check_data: ACL (access control list). If it doesn't exist, you can create it within the begin acl section.
Add the following lines to the acl_check_data: ACL:
deny message = Email delivery for this account is temporarily suspended.
condition = ${if exists{/etc/virtual/${sender_address_domain}/passwd/${local_part}}}
condition = ${lookup{$authenticated_id}lsearch{/etc/exim/block_users}{yes}{no}}
log_message = Email blocked by admin for user $authenticated_id
This will block outgoing emails for the specified DirectAdmin users in the block_users file and log the block action.
Save and close the Exim configuration file.
Restart the Exim mail server to apply the changes:
service exim restart
Or, depending on your system:
systemctl restart exim
Now, outgoing emails for all email accounts associated with the specified DirectAdmin users in the block_users file will be suspended. To unblock a DirectAdmin user, simply remove the username from the file and restart the Exim mail server again
