On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 10:06:15PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Scruloose wrote:
> I feel certain it supports it since all of the good modern MTAs support
> that and exim is a good one. Easier to try it and see that it works
> than to dig into the docs in this case.
Good call. It worked. As you can see, I've settled on the suffix
solution. Currently I'm using a rather brute-force rule in my exim
filter .forward file to just toss anything that comes in with the
debuser suffix but is not list-traffic straight into the spam folder.
And using a send-hook with my_hdr to have mutt modify it on outgoing.
> > The idea behind this is that mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] would
> > get delivered to [EMAIL PROTECTED], allowing me (in my role as joe
> > user) to filter based on the suffix?
> Yes. It also allows you to set up other capabilities if you choose to
> use them. Such as your own personal mailing lists and things like
> that. But you don't need to use that capability.
>
> All MTAs implement a nobody account which goes to /dev/null. It is
> not specific to spamcop.net.
Okay, that's just cool. (Why did I never know this before?)
> Why penalize Spamcop for your trouble?
> It just means they have to process the mail and throw it away. (Of
> course it is only a small trouble.) Using nobody at your own domain
> should be good enough for that.
Good point. I don't actually have my own domain (so far), but if the
nobody account is as universal as you say, then presumably I can use
nobody at my ISP any time I feel the need to completely refuse to
provide my address. (there *are* occasions when I really don't need to
be giving out a valid address)
> Of course if you are a subscriber to
> spamcop and are donating money to them then they would probably be
> fine with that.
Well, err, not exactly. My only contribution to Spamcop is that I use
their submission service, which I suppose means I play a small role in
the democratic process of keeping their block-list up-to-date. ;-)
Thanks everybody
-Chris
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