[vchkpw] .qmail files for addresses with periods

[Joe Cooke]

This one's an easy one but I need to take care of 
it fairly quickly.

I've got vpopmail 5.2.1 configured for my domain 
without a problem and have all of my nonexistent users forward into a catchall 
maildir. There are a couple addresses that I would like to immediately 
bounce due to them being targeted / previously used. One of these contains 
a period in the name, such as:

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

I have a .qmail file created for [EMAIL PROTECTED] that is named ..qmail-foo. 
I also created .qmail-foo.bar which also should bounce the mail back. The 
problem is, is that qmail/vpopmail isn't detecting it for some reason and the 
mail is being delivered into the main "catchall".

Something I'm doing wrong, or is there a special 
way to handle addresses with periods in the beginning of the 
addresses?

-JC

Re: [vchkpw] .qmail files for addresses with periods

[Joe Cooke]

Good point there. That's probably the fastest 
solution right now, but there should be a "cleaner" way that I'm most likely 
missing.

Thanks!

-JC

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 9:00 
  PM
  Subject: Re: [vchkpw] .qmail files for 
  addresses with periods
  
   This one's an easy one but I need to take care of it fairly 
  quickly.  I've got vpopmail 5.2.1 configured for my domain 
  without a problem and have all of my nonexistent users forward into a 
  catchall maildir. There are a couple addresses that I would like to 
  immediately bounce due to them being targeted / previously used. 
  One of these contains a period in the name, such as: 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  I have a .qmail file 
  created for [EMAIL PROTECTED] that is named ..qmail-foo. I also 
  created .qmail-foo.bar which also should bounce the mail back. 
  The problem is, is that qmail/vpopmail isn't detecting it for some 
  reason and the mail is being delivered into the main 
  "catchall".   Something I'm doing wrong, or 
  is there a special way to handle addresses with periods in the 
  beginning of the addresses? 
  Not sure if this will work, but you can try:
  
  Create a pop account for the user you're looking to bounce 
  mail for, then in that users directory, create a .qmail file 
with:
  
  | /path/to/vdelivermail '' bounce-no-mailbox
  
  May not be thebest way, but it may work..