> Could you setup user in-boxes to include the domain on multidomain > systems?
As I said earlier: > > But that doesn't prevent the use of the whole address, however doing so > > would require changes to local delivery. > Another cleaner, but more involved change would be to map > domains in user repositories either in subdirs or in > naming conventions for the file. That's just it ... there is no file, necessarily. There is a repository abstraction. There is one kind of repository built on the file system, and another build on JDBC. So what you want to deal with is the abtract model. The local-part is used as a key into the store. Also, don't forget that people often want to map multiple addresses into one. I'm not convinced, that a virtual user table doesn't provide much of what people need; it certainly does the trick for SendMail. So I do think that revisiting the user repository model is a good idea, but I'd sooner see it done comprehensively than patchwork. > I understand that portion, what I'm looking for is another option to the > "black-hole" method. I understand. I watch SPAM spool into my system all the time, and have been cataloging strings to delete them, so that we can parse out any legitimately misdirected e-mail from the volumes of SPAM. As I mentioned last week (check the archives), I'm thinking of a shared object in the MailetContext that can be used to inform the SMTP Handler about users to be refused. That way, it could refuse service and terminate them, e.g., issue a 421 and hang up. Actually, I'd prefer to be able to do handle spammers in iptables, and discard their request thus consuming THEIR resources for a change, but iptables isn't scalable. > by reporting back that the user doesn't exist, the spammer > will stop trying to send No, actually, they'll use you to identify which addresses ARE valid. As for the rest of what you said, it is a bit naive, unfortunately. You've no idea of the scope and scale of spam operations, and the techniques they use to try to get under your radar. Visit news:news.admin.net-abuse.email. > I hate spam so much, I plan on creating a site to report See spews, spamcop, ordb, and many many MANY other sites. --- Noel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
