[NBLUG/talk] disabling mail on account

[gandalf at sonic.net]

I did that originally actually. Sonic complained about the message as backsplatter from the server. That's how I ended up here looking for another solution.

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 On Wed 23/04/08  1:01 PM , Scott Doty scott at ponzo.net sent:
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:34:37PM -0700, Steve Johnson wrote:
> 
> > What about this, instead of an aliase to |/dev/null
> make the alias to
> > invaliduser, then it should return a bounce message
> (assuming you
> > don't really have a username 'invalid user' )
> 
> > 
> 
> > Seems to me I've done this in the past too, with
> success.
> 
> 
> BTW, one solution, I implemented for a buddy -- he wants to be RFC
> 
> compliant, and not just "ignore" postmaster email... thus,
> 
> postmas
> ter at his-domain gets responded to with this message, using vacation:
> 
> 
> _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> 
> From: The Postmaster p
> ostmaster at basementshow.net>
> Subject: Pointer to p
> ostmaster at basementshow.net
> 
> 
> Please contact the Basement Internet Show postmaster at the following
> 
> (munged) address:
> 
> 
> 
> webmaster -at- basementshow.net
> 
> 
> 
> This message is an autoresponse, placed here in order to quell massive
> 
> amounts of spam.  We apologize for the inconvenience.
> 
> 
> 
> -The Basement Show Management
> 
> _ _ _ _ _ _ _
> 
> 
> 
> ...this requires a new username, vacation, and an alieas for
> 
> "webmaster at do
> main".
> 
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
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