Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multi-user pop3 mail delivery
So if a mail is sent to A and B and only A is a valid user, both copies go to postmaster? Exactly. This wasn't a problem as one employee would sift through the postmaster email every day, that was until spammers started spamming randomly generated addresses at their domain. She received all these too :-/ Not so, it forwards all mail for unknown users at one of your domains to a specified user, so I have luser_relay=neil to get all such mail sent to myself. Ahh, I se what you mean. This howerver would lead to the same issue I have above .. over populating the email with fake addresses and a load of spam. Before we get into the spam topic ... this is being sorted soon ;-) Ah, I see now. Having never used fetchmail in multi-drop mode (RTFMing is a good way of making sure I don;t even attempt things like this) I don;t know where you'd go next. It is not fetchmail's fault ...it's multidrop... an email account was never designed for several users, as in several accounts coming into one, and then being split again after download. This is in fact what is happening. MUltidrop is simply a solution to the problem, bt it'snot failproof and stuff goes wrong. I thought there might be a better way to solve the problem though, but the solution is simple: get them onto a real system ;-) Anyway, thanks for your input! Greetings, Ralph -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multi-user pop3 mail delivery
On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 13:38:12 +1300, Ralph Slooten wrote: Another problem I am having is that when two users are specified, one existing, and another (non-existing, or even another domain) the message goes to postmaster, and not to the specified user. Are you running a local MTA? If o, this is set in the MTA's config; for example in Postfix you would set luser_relay=someuser. -- Neil Bothwick If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Multi-user pop3 mail delivery
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:42:43 +1300, Ralph Slooten wrote: Are you running a local MTA? If so, this is set in the MTA's config; for example in Postfix you would set luser_relay=someuser. Yes, I can also specify this in the fetchmailrc, but it doesn't solve the problem that userA does not receive his mail if userB is not known. So if a mail is sent to A and B and only A is a valid user, both copies go to postmaster? All this does (I believe) is forward the unknown users to another machine. There is no other machine to forward to as all the users are on this current machine itself. Not so, it forwards all mail for unknown users at one of your domains to a specified user, so I have luser_relay=neil to get all such mail sent to myself. The unknown users I am referring to are other users from different domains (not ours) included in the To and CC fields. Ah, I see now. Having never used fetchmail in multi-drop mode (RTFMing is a good way of making sure I don;t even attempt things like this) I don;t know where you'd go next. -- Neil Bothwick An expert is nothing more than an ordinary person away from home. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
