On Mon, 13 Mar 2000 10:54:00 -0800 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'd like to have certain addresses 'eat' email (ie. just discard it). So, I
> setup an account with a ".qmail" file which has one line "|/dev/null".
> 
> QMail complains "deferral: /bin/sh_/dev/null:_cannot_execute".
> 
> What is the most effecient way to setup QMail to discard email?

Don't use | -- that tries to execute the rest of
the line with "sh -c", which as you see breaks when you
try to execute /dev/null....

The quickest way to drop mail is to create a .qmail file with
only an empty comment, i.e. containing only a '#' character.

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Chris Mikkelson  |  Slashdot: because a million lemmings can't
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