At 22:17 2008-01-24 +0000, Alan Clifford wrote:
Use /etc/mail/virtualusertable with
lyle(_at_)cosmicperl(_dot_)com lyle
webmaster(_at_)cosmicperl(_dot_)com lyle
@cosmicperl.com error:550 "Spam problems. Try
lyle+newcontactone(_at_)cosmicperl(_dot_)com"
Well, that'd BOUNCE the messages, which certainly is preferrable, since
you're not taking the hit for the content delivery AND you're announcing to
the sender that the message wasn't delivered.
FTR, I'd be more prone to link to a webpage in the bounce message rather
than disclose a new address.
you could use the Access db feature in sendmail to REJECT the messages TO:
that address. Note that if you delay checks and have certain senders set
to OK, the messages from those senders will be accepted, which is a useful
way to make a private address. You can set things up to be blocked (say,
via DNSBL lookups), but STILL allow contact at an address (such as abuse@).
Alternatively, set up a discard mailer - but BOUNCING it is
better. Discard is particularly useful for locally generated traffic (say,
bounces you don't want to receive), but all of this is MTA specific, has
nothing to do with procmail.
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Sean B. Straw / Professional Software Engineering
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