On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 09:17:26AM +0200, Werner Fleck wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > >[...] > >The spammers who take my domain name in vain tend to use a random > >username for the emails, so I reject bounces sent to non-existent users > > I'm using a different email address for almost every party I communicate > with. This way I can trace who is giving away my email address and I can > block an address if it is misused. The drawback is, that I cannot use > something like check_goodrcptto because I do not know all the addresses > I have given away.
Ah yes, I do the same thing but with a fairly obvious twist, all the emails I hand out start the same. So I set up an alias based on a pattern matching wildcard, and then I can safely reject all but the right format of names. That's why my module checks qmail wildcards and the like. Having done this for 5 years, BTW, I've found the only ones being misused are ones that are lodged in the public domain (like whois records) - I'm yet to have any of the names I use with various companies "leak out". YMMV of course Cheers -- Tim
