[Solved] Mail Server on Plesk | Disabled

[smagarin]

Hi! i am Sebastian and i would like to deactivate the "mail server" in my account, is it possible? so that they do not have a service enabled in my account that does not need and/or consume resources on the server unnecessarily.

[Krydos]

Mail has been disabled on your domains. This is a great idea if you never need to send any emails because it will prevent spammers from using your account too if they somehow manage to get access.

[balloons]

If you have access to your domain's nameservers, There is also a method of refusing to send and receive mail at the nameserver level.
About receiving mail removes MX records. and sending mail adds the following TXT record (Assuming your domain is example.com)

• example.com TXT v=spf1 -all
• _dmarc.example.com TXT v=DMARC1; p=reject; sp=reject; adkim=s; aspf=s;
• *._domainkey.example.com TXT v=DKIM1; p=

 

[wolstech]

To others reading: Note that balloons method doesn't keep the mail from being sent, it just tells everyone that there are no authorized sending servers for your domain, and as such they should not accept any mail that claims to be from your domain.

[Krydos]

Yes, to elaborate a bit further, editing the DNS records wouldn't stop your account from sending emails like Wolstech already said, and your account would still get suspended for sending too many emails if a spammer got a hold of your account. Turning off the mail system entirely like OP is the best way to stop mail if you don't need it.