> Create a nobody account, it will catch-all mail for unknown users on
> a known domain.
Actually an 'Alias' named nobody.
Daniel Donnelly
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] catch-all
>
> >anyway to set up a catch-all account for all failed e-mails on a domain?
>
> Create a nobody account, it will catch-all mail for unknown users on
> a known domain.
>
> If you get attacked by a harvester sending you a dictionary of names,
> they will all go to nobody account rather than be rejected.
>
> If a relay black list tests your nobody domain, the relay test might
> be fooled into thinking your acceptance of their test mail means your
> are an open relay.
>
> Len
>
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