--On 5 June 2006 22:36:03 +0100 Graeme Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-06-05 at 14:03 -0700, altendew wrote: >> Sounds even better, but I am not sure how-to set this up. I was using >> CPanel's Default Address feature to set it to :blackhole:, how would I >> turn the catch-all off. > > http://www.cpanel.net/docs/cpanel/Changing_your_default_email_address.htm > > :fail: instead of :blackhole: > > *However* - I'm not familiar with cPanel - I don't know if this would > then accept-and-bounce, or simply bounce (which is what you want). The word for that is "reject". You can't bounce an email that you haven't accepted - that's the job of the sending MTA. I'd bet heavily that :fail: will reject the email. Try it out and see what happens when you send an email to a bad address. > There > are many possible conditions where the former could happen, which puts > you right back where you started. Either way it'd be worth a shot as you > should easily be able to see what does happen. > > Graeme -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
