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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:23:19 -0600
From:      "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz>
To:        "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com>, "FreeBSD Chat" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Mail Insanity
Message-ID:  <01ae01c29c7a$a155c090$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable>
References:  <3DEF75D7.9040401@centtech.com>

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From: "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com>
To: "FreeBSD Chat" <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:50 AM
Subject: Mail Insanity


> I think I'm going to go insane.
>
> The spammers of the world have been sending mail to (insert made up
name
> here)@mydomain.com, causing my sendmail to respond to them with "No
such
> user", which bounces BACK to me since they are using a fake
address,
> which ends up in my inbox (I am postmaster).  I'm getting about
1000 per
> day, and can't take it anymore..
>
> Anyone found a solution for this?
>
> Eric
>
Define a 'catch-all' in virtusertable, point it to /dev/null.  Might
require you to also enter all your needed system aliases in that
file, but it sounds as if it might be worth it.

Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.


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