On 02-Jan-99 Justin Bell wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 03:24:45PM -0500, Len Budney wrote:
># Hi Vince,
>#
># Vince Vielhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>#
># > ...badmailto...I'm getting around 10 or 20 double bounces a day from
># > these two addresses, and in the past we've had other problems with
># > nonexistant addresses that double bounce...
>#
># This isn't a detailed criticism--I'm not a mail admin of a large site,
># after all! However...
>#
># Can't you already do what you want with existing qmail mechanisms? For
># example, suppose these spammers send mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
># which is not a valid address.
>#
># One idea is to create the file ~alias/.qmail-whacko123 with the line:
>#
># # Drop it right now!
>#
># I'm pretty sure that solves your problem right there. If not, replace
># the comment with a command like "exit 99" and qmail should discard the
># mail and be satisfied.
>
>
> the point I see it as is to not accept the mail in the first place, so the
> processing power is wasted by the sender, if mail just keeps getting
> accepted
> and deleted then it will always keep coming in. If it is not accepted to
> begin with less resources are wasted by the local machine, and the
> address(es) may eventually be removed from the spam lists.
>
Exactly. I don't want to receive it in the first place. Also on rare
occasions there may be a valid username, but I wouldn't want it to get
mail (my database being one) via SMTP, but it would get it locally from
cron or whatever so I can't dump all mail for it.
In response to Roger's comment about the To: header, that's actually part
of the data, not the RCPT TO: part of the conversation which is where I
want to block it. I use Dan's 822 package to handle good ol' Friend@public
Wonder if that stupid toner guy is one you're thinking of right now!
Vince.
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