Adam Chlipala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I own a number of domains that years ago I set up so that I receive all > e-mail sent to any of their e-mail addresses. This is very handy for > giving a different address to each online service that requests one, so > that you can blacklist any address that ends up receiving spam. > Unfortunately, spammers like to use made-up addresses in the From > headers of their messages, and this includes random addresses at some of > my domains. Spammers also often send e-mail to nonexistent or full > mailboxes. The helpful mail servers at the other end send back bounce > notifications to let the sender know that such messages couldn't be > delivered. When the fake From header points back to one of my e-mail > addresses, I'm the one who receives the irrelevant bounce notification, > not the spammer.
An alternative solution is to edit your /etc/domains/<path-to-your-domain>/.aliases file as follows. - Remove or comment out the rule that starts with "**". - Explicitly list every email address that is used on that domain and send each to your username on hcoop (by putting your username on the right). For example: comments mwolson me mwolson me+gnu mwolson me_google mwolson mwolson mwolson This has completely eliminated annoying bounce messages for me, and I've been using it for about 3 months. -- Michael Olson -- FSF Associate Member #652 -- http://www.mwolson.org/ Interests: Lisp, text markup, protocols -- Jabber: mwolson_at_hcoop.net /` |\ | | | Projects: Emacs, Muse, ERC, EMMS, Planner, ErBot, DVC |_] | \| |_| Reclaim your digital rights by eliminating DRM. See http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm for details.
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