[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? -JC
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..
Re: [vchkpw] .qmail files for addresses with periods
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..
Re: [vchkpw] .qmail files for addresses with periods
On Tuesday, December 16, 2003, at 06:48 PM, Joe Cooke wrote: 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 Replace the period with a : and you're set. .qmail-foo:bar Use a single comment # to blackhole the email. Bounce it with a single line like this: |/var/qmail/bin/bouncesaying 'Invalid account' By the way, vpopmail 5.2.2 includes lots of bug fixes over 5.2.1. We're also close to releasing a stable 5.4.0. -- Tom Collins - [EMAIL PROTECTED] QmailAdmin: http://qmailadmin.sf.net/ Vpopmail: http://vpopmail.sf.net/ Info on the Sniffter hand-held Network Tester: http://sniffter.com/