From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 25 18:42:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA15404 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:42:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mnemo.syne-post.com (mnemo.syne-post.com [209.82.39.220]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA15397 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 18:42:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reachme@mnemo.syne-post.com) Received: from localhost (reachme@localhost) by mnemo.syne-post.com (8.8.8/8.8.7+norelay) with SMTP id VAA20734; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:41:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from reachme@mnemo.syne-post.com) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:41:19 -0500 (EST) From: mark peterson To: Don Read cc: "Scott I. Remick" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Alias to null? In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981125195905.0083cbc0@mail> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I hav erecently had a similar conundrum. I want to route all mail that is sent to an invaliduserid@mydomain.com to go to holdforreview@mydomain.com so that I will no when mail bounces. My reason for this is, I have recently upgraded from being virtually hosted to colocating my own server. Previously I gave out about 50 aliases that were not configured as aliases. Now since I have been running my own mail server I am not receiving mail for any of those aliases (except where I created new user accounts). I really need to fix this fast. My own service provider couldn't help me. Any suggestions?? Phil Perreault Syne-Post Communications Mailto:ReachMe@Syne-Post.Com On Wed, 25 Nov 1998, Don Read wrote: > back on 03:38 PM 11/25/98 -0500, you said: > >I would like to set up a dummy account that, should any email be sent to > >it, it gets simply discarded and does not pile up. However, it's important > >that POP3 access still work on this account... I just never want messages > >to be present to be picked up :) (long story). Is there a way in > >/etc/aliases to alias the dummy account to /dev/null or similar? > > > > haven't tried it but ... > > create the dummy user, non-existing home directory. > ln -s /dev/null /var/mail/dummy > > Regards, > -- > Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com > EDP Manager dread@texas.net > Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX > - Ya jes' mash that button, rite jher > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message