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Disable the account or change DNS records are the easiest.

smt88 9mo 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.
- ecb_penguin 9mo 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.
  - smt88 9mo ago
    You don't think there's a reason to say someone's illegal advice is illegal? OK.
    - jkman 9mo ago
      How would it be illegal if it was, for example, explicitly listed as an option in the contract?
    - ecb_penguin 9mo ago
      [flagged]
- toast0 9mo 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.
  - smt88 9mo 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.
    - toast0 9mo ago
      So if you paid me Jan 1 2025 for one year of DNS service and now it's Jan 1 2026 and you didn't pay me again, I'm supposed to keep serving your DNS? If the money runs out, the service turns off. That's not sabotage anymore than the phone company turning off your phone or the electric company turning off your power. Although phone and electricity may have regulated shutoff procedures.
      - smt88 9mo ago
        That's not the scenario being described here. The registrar would handle all of that and release the domain if it weren't paid.

smt88 9mo 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.

ecb_penguin 9mo 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.
- smt88 9mo ago
  You don't think there's a reason to say someone's illegal advice is illegal? OK.
  - jkman 9mo ago
    How would it be illegal if it was, for example, explicitly listed as an option in the contract?
  - ecb_penguin 9mo ago
    [flagged]
toast0 9mo 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.
- smt88 9mo 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.
  - toast0 9mo ago
    So if you paid me Jan 1 2025 for one year of DNS service and now it's Jan 1 2026 and you didn't pay me again, I'm supposed to keep serving your DNS? If the money runs out, the service turns off. That's not sabotage anymore than the phone company turning off your phone or the electric company turning off your power. Although phone and electricity may have regulated shutoff procedures.
    - smt88 9mo ago
      That's not the scenario being described here. The registrar would handle all of that and release the domain if it weren't paid.