Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 03:50:21 +1100 (EST) From: Enno Davids <enno.davids@metva.com.au> To: jahanur@jjsoft.com (jahanur) Cc: jeffrl@wantabe.com, matt@BabCom.ORG, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unsolicited mail Message-ID: <199911271650.DAA22663@metva.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991127102943.459B-100000@ns2.jjsoft.com> from jahanur at "Nov 27, 99 10:31:37 am"
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| On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Jeffrey J. Libman wrote: | | > i have an alias for this purpose (in /etc/aliases): | > | > bitbucket: "|cat >/dev/null" | > | > then any address i want to so handle, i either put a .forward file in | > place or another alias entry, pointing to bitbucket. if you just name the file it just redirects doesn't it? Why the extra 'cat'. For what its worth I'm using smtpd to block mail to some recipients to a VH I keep here for a domain thats similar in spelling to an ISP on the far side of this continent. They seem to have a whole slew of bozo users who send me their email. smtpd can be configured to reject or accept email with pretty much any policy you want. In my case I send a 500 error code as soon as it sees a forbidden TO address in the smtp envelope. The only problem is with broken MTAs, one of which likes to retry immediately, forever. You'll never guess which company (based in the US Pacific northwest I believe) is responsible for that bit of aberrant behaviour either. Happily most lists seem to use more dependable OS platforms. Enno. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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