Mike Clarke wrote:
> I appreciate that my use of fetchmail and exim to route my incoming mail
> locally may not be ideal and is something of a sledgehammer to crack a
> nut but it fits my needs very well and has normally performed without
> problems. In order to reduce spam when purchasing online I like to use
> unique email names so if I'm buying from somesupplier.example I'll give
> my email name as mike-somesupplier@ so I know who to blame and
> blacklist if I get spam to that name. To avoid having to keep
> reconfiguring my mail system every time I use a new address I wanted
> something which would route all these throwaway names to the
> appropriate user's mailbox and found that exim was very good for this
> with it's ability to handle wildcards in alias names.
I've done this without the use of fetchmail:
suffixed_user:
driver = redirect
check_local_user
file = $home/.suffixrc
local_part_suffix = -*
allow_filter
allow_fail
no_verify
file_transport = address_file
directory_transport = dravs_suffix_maildir
The use then has to create a .suffixrc in their home dir to activate this
address. Mine contains:
--- BEGIN ---
# Exim Filter
if $local_part_suffix contains "-" then
# note that the save path here is for maildir, you will probably want to
# remove the trailing / to make it an mbox delivery. The lc/substr
# stuff lowercases the folder name and takes the suffix part of the
# address.
save "$home/.folders/${lc:${substr_1:$local_part_suffix}}/"
endif
# paranoia
if not delivered then
save $home/.mail/anomalous/
endif
--- END ---
This means I can create any email I want just by adding a hypen and a new
mailbox name for the new address, and the address will then deliver to that
mailbox.
Regards
D.
