Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 12:42:43 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, scott@computeralt.com Subject: Re: Alias to null? Message-ID: <199811252042.MAA15101@pau-amma.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981125153444.033b84a0@mail.computeralt.com>
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>Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:38:46 -0500 >From: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> >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? So.... Sounds as if doing precisely what you suggest is in order: In /etc/aliases: dummy: /dev/null And create an empty mailbox: # touch /var/mail/dummy # chown dummy /var/mail/dummy # chmod 0600 /var/mai/dummy Looks to me as if that should come fairly close, anyway.... david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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