Len Conrad wrote:
>
> >I believe it is. It would be *VERY* nice if Ipswitch provided an option
> >(like the "nobody" alias) that would bounce the message, but also let you
> >know about it.
>
> This is how postfix in IMGate works.
>
> >I had to set up a "nobody" alias for a few weeks as we phased in the IMail
> >server, to ensure that no legitimate E-mail got lost. It was very
> >interesting, though, to see how many people misspell addresses or use the
> >wrong format (such as people trying to send mail to me at scott_perry@ or
> >scottperry@ or sperry@ or scot.perry@, etc., rather than
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Finally I wrote a program to handle it automatically
>
> details??
>
> >Not a perfect solution, but it works for me.
>
> I'd be interested in that, if it's in some lang like PERL. I'd like a bit
> of PERL that works like Imail filtering but can filter of variables such as
> detecting the MAIL FROM: <sender> and RCPT TO: <reicipient> when a incoming
> msg gets rejected from MAPS open-relay. I'd like to send the reject msg to
> the remote sender and our local recipient automatically so they know
> immediately that there was an delivery pb.
>
> Len
>
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I've gotta weigh in, here. The nobody alias is good, until someone tries
to spam your server using every address they can think of. Then your
nobody mailbox fills up, and you gotta wade through it all. If you want
to know, it's in the logs.
But I agree with Len -- I'm more interested in responding to our users
and their correspondents about virus traps, email hoaxes, and the like.
If there is a filter program, I (the perl novice) can more easily bend
it to suit than recreate the wheel from scratch. Can we see?
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