I have implemented several local address spam traps that work just fine, but I am running into trouble when using foreign addresses as spam traps.
I use an outside (not under my control) alias server that forwards mail to my SIMS box. The spam arrives addressed as follows: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] The alias server at "outside.com" redirects my mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It appears to do this by setting the envelope to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since no-one other than spammers ever send mail to me AND to a, b, or c, I thought I would be clever and spam trap those addresses with a router entry like so: <neil> = fromoutside ; local mailbox for the aliased address *@outside.com = spamtrap ; if it is also addressed to others, it is spam This seems to work except that I can no longer send mail via SIMS to any address at the "outside.com" domain. The router appears to operate on addresses regardless of the direction of the mail. Is there some way around this? Listing the addresses explicitly will not work because I actually have to send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], and [EMAIL PROTECTED] from time to time. All suggestions, including rude ones to read page X of the manual welcome. -- Neil Neil Herber, RGD Corporate info at http://www.eton.ca/ Eton Systems, 15 Pinepoint Drive, Nepean, ON, Canada K2H 6B1 Tel: (613) 829-4668 ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
