Re: [exim] Using fake names to poison spam databases.

Thanks for the advice. I think I can setup the ACL var, but I'm not sure how the redirect router would remove the other addresses. Any advice on that? I've read the manual and the documentation included, but I can't anything on that.

I have no problem with blacklisting them, but I want to help out spamcop with them, also. The more ones I can get to them, the fewer that other people will have to deal with.

Thanks again.

>>> Matthew Byng-Maddick <exim@???> 05/05/05 08:13AM >>>
On Thu, May 05, 2005 at 07:29:30AM -0700, Mike Wiebeld wrote:
> I know how to check and reject incoming email and even drop the
> connection if any of those fake addresses are found. But I'd like
> to accept the email, strip out all the addresses except the first
> fake one and then process it. The fake addresses will be routed to
> me and I can check the messages and submit them to spamcop.

If this is really what you want to do, then the way to do it is to set an
acl var, and have a redirect router with a condition based on that acl var
redirecting to the handler address before your other routers.

By doing this, you'll effectively de-dupe the address list and nothing
will get through to the apparently "intended" recipients.

> Has anyone else done this? I can't figure out how to stip the other
> addresses out of the message. Or is it just a waste of time? Thanks
> for any help.

Personally though, if people email my bait addresses, the email address and
host go into a 3 month blacklist.

Cheers

MBM



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