Topic: forward email for a particular user to /dev/null

[Strangelite]

how can I drop all the email for a particular user to /dev/null - as I have a couple that are just spam bait

[janet]

Strangelite

mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/var/qmail/control/virtualdomains
pico -w /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/var/qmail/control/virtualdomains/90aliases

In this 90aliases file enter
user@domain.com:undeliverable

Save the file & then do:
signal-event email-update

The idea was derived from this old Howto
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/contribs/rmitchell/smeserver/howto/virtual%20domain%20email%20aliases%20HOWTO%20for%20sme%20server.htm

It works on sme7.4 despite the howto saying not applicable to sme7.x

[wellsi]

Another method is to blacklist them in spamassassin as follows:

db spamassassin setprop wbl.global_to reasonableness@yourdomain.com Black


To activate the settings

expand-template /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
svc -t /service/spamd

[Strangelite]

Excellent - I'll have a play and see which one I'll use

[MSmith]

Why not just delete the user?

[Strangelite]

I'm using the spamassassin method,

and as I deliver all email into a bad email account so I can check for miss-assigned names [we have a few], I just want to cut the spam down - I don't want to bounce messages if I can avoid it

[cactus]

I don't want to bounce messages if I can avoid it

You should IMHO as this is normal expected behavior, how would the other party otherwise know they are using a invalid e-mailaddress?