Author: Tony Godshall Date: To: Brent Clark CC: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Debian uucp
According to Brent Clark, > Hi all
>
> Yesterday someone sent an email to uucp@??? (my domain), and now
> Im seeing this
>
> 2006-02-08 07:32:34 1F6SuX-0002gj-Ph == uucp@???
> R=userforward defer (-1): failed to stat /var/spool/uucp/. (No such file or
> directory)
>
> Did a check on my /etc/passwd file
>
> mail:~# cat /etc/passwd | grep -i uucp
> uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh
> mail:~#
>
> So my question is, for the Debian distobution, would it be safe to delete
> this user, or would anyone have another solution to this problem.
>
> I know its not doing anything, but I dont like seeing this type of attempts
> / activity in my logs.
You could always put a line like this in /etc/aliases
uucp: personidontlike@???
OK- it's not really a serious answer. Go back to what you
were doing. ;-)