Re: [Exim] trying to "hold" messages with unknown local-part

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Author: Suresh Ramasubramanian
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] trying to "hold" messages with unknown local-part
ZeuZ <exim-users> [Mon, Jun 04, 2001]:
>     I am using a standard Debian 2.2 exim - only changes are a lot of local
>     domains I added and a few /etc/aliases.  I would like to do
>     something like this: if someone sends mail to john@???
>     and user "john" does not exist, I would like to "freeze" the mail
>     in my queue - so that I choose to create the user or discard the
>     message.  Any ideas will be appreciated!!!


Create a "catchall user" to which all mail to your domain, but not to an
existing user, is redirected.

You _dont_ want to do that, when a spammer tries a dictionary attack on your
domain, for example ...

Just watching your mail logs should, most often, give you what you want.

     --suresh


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