Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 19:59:05 -0600 From: Don Read <sysop@calcasieu.com> To: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@computeralt.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Alias to null? Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981125195905.0083cbc0@mail> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981125153444.033b84a0@mail.computeralt.com>
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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
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