The simplest option is to just use the chkuser patch which gives a 5xx error at the time the email is coming in. If you have a catch all, it will go to that account, if you don't well the email never gets in to begin with. Problem solved.
Shane >-----Original Message----- >From: Tom Jackson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, 1 February 2004 3:26 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [vchkpw] possible to refine local domains to >local addresses? > >On Sat, 2004-01-31 at 21:58, Kurt Bigler wrote: > >> Actually what I see are double bounces, and I make the >inference about what >> would have happenned if the from address of the original >message accepted by >> my SMTP had actually existed. Please correct me if that >inference is wrong. > >Combining the fact of a double bounce, with a local account which >doesn't exist (like [EMAIL PROTECTED]), along with a conclusion that >the email is spam, indicates to me that the bounce is the intended >target of the email. Sometimes the email is not valid, so you >get double >bounces as well. Otherwise, if the target exists, it gets relayed as a >bounce. A failure notice might even have a higher change that the user >will read it, just to make sure one of their emails didn't bounce. > >I discovered this last week. I decided to delete the email instead of >refusing it. This gives the spammer no information on whether the email >address is valid or not. > >As suggested by Ken Jones: > >Set your bounce option to delete. The .qmail-default file will >look like >| /home/vpopmail/bin/vdelivermail '' delete > >tom jackson > >
