On Wed, 3 Sep 1997 11:21:37 -0700 (PDT), Frank Evan Perdicaro
<frank(_at_)dsea(_dot_)com> wrote:
I am thinking of using procmail to verify the return address of
each incoming mail message. I could write a script that
procmail calls for each From line. If nslookup fails on the
return address, send the message directly to the trash can.
Eli the Bearded has written a FAQ on user+plus(_at_)host addressing which
incidentally covers this to some depth in an appendix. Check it out.
<http://www.netusa.net/~eli/faqs/addressing.html>
Short version: Timothy's pointer to Sendmail is a better idea :-)
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