On Sat, 2 Jan 1999, Len Budney wrote:
> Hi Vince,
>
> Vince Vielhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > ...badmailto...I'm getting around 10 or 20 double bounces a day from
> > these two addresses, and in the past we've had other problems with
> > nonexistant addresses that double bounce...
>
> This isn't a detailed criticism--I'm not a mail admin of a large site,
> after all! However...
>
> Can't you already do what you want with existing qmail mechanisms? For
> example, suppose these spammers send mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]",
> which is not a valid address.
>
> One idea is to create the file ~alias/.qmail-whacko123 with the line:
>
> # Drop it right now!
>
> I'm pretty sure that solves your problem right there. If not, replace
/var/qmail/badmailfrom matches against the SMTP "MAIL FROM", the envelope
sender.
Typical spam looks like this:
Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Make lots of money
sdflsdf
sdf
sd
sd
f
sdfsdf
What you want is:
/var/qmail/control/badmailheaderto
which really doesn't buy you anything.
