Put this line in the router table of your secondary server. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = spamtrap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = spamtrap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = spamtrap
This will stop the secondary from accepting mail for that account but it will still accept all the other mail for domain1.com Michael on 11/9/02 9:49 AM, The Count of CipherSpace at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Warren Michelsen at 2002-11-07 15:05 from [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> A spammer is hitting my backup mail server with lots of junk for >> non-existent addresses. When the primary tells the secondary that there is >> no such account, the original mail ends up in the queue -- along with the >> bounced bounce message. >> >> My current router entries are of the type" >> <*@domain1,com> = dom1-* >> >> What can I add to the router to catch the [EMAIL PROTECTED] type email and >> route it to null? > > On the backup mail server, exactly nothing - it has no way of knowing > what are valid addresses and which aren't - this is, probably, the main > reason that I don't run secondary mail servers. ############################################################# 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]>
