cPanel mass delete e-mail accounts script

cpanel_remove_all_email_accounts.sh

#!/bin/bash

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#
# Taken from https://forums.cpanel.net/threads/mass-delete-e-mail-accounts-script.387802/
# Created by QuizKnows - https://forums.cpanel.net/members/quizknows.178313/
#

if [ -z $2 ]
then
echo "Usage: $0 CPANEL_USERNAME MAIL_DOMAIN"
exit 0
fi

#define username/domain
username=$1
domain=$2

#define mail directory
eval homedir="$(printf "~%q" "$username")"

maildir=$homedir/etc/$domain

#sanity check, make sure directory exists in expected location. 
if [ -d $maildir ]
then
echo "$maildir exists in expected location"
else echo "$maildir does not exist. Check username and domain are correct, and that e-mail accounts exist for this domain. Exiting"
exit 1
fi

#ARE YOU SURE???
echo "this will PERMANANTLY remove ALL e-mail accounts from $domain."
echo "are you SURE you want to do this? Type YES in all caps to confirm."
read confirmation
if [[ "$confirmation" == "YES" ]]
then
echo confirmed
else
echo "Did not confirm, exiting"
exit 0
fi

#one more sanity check
if [ -x /scripts/delpop ]
then
echo "/scripts/delpop exists. Continuing."
else
echo "/scripts/delpop not found on your system. Make sure you are running a current cPanel version"
exit 1
fi

#the real "meat" of the script. Point of no return.
/bin/cut -d':' -f 1 $maildir/shadow > /tmp/acctlist

if [ -s /tmp/acctlist ]
then
for each in `cat /tmp/acctlist` ; do /scripts/delpop --email=$each@$domain ; done
else
echo "no accounts found or other error. Check $maildir/shadow"
exit 1
fi

rm -f /tmp/acctlist

#thats all folks