Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:40:02 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> To: Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to prevent users from receiving email Message-ID: <20060819194002.642cbfb1.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> In-Reply-To: <586495142.20060820013255@rulez.sk> References: <20060819192139.7ea5321d.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <586495142.20060820013255@rulez.sk>
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Daniel Gerzo <danger@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> Hello Bill,
>
> Sunday, August 20, 2006, 1:21:39 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Apparently my memory is useless and I've lost the ability to use
> > google as well.
>
> > I just added a user account to a mail server, but I don't want that
> > user to receive mail on that server. It's running Postfix.
>
> > I seem to remember a canonical method for preventing certain users
> > from receiving email. But my memory has failed, and I can't seem
> > to find anything on google.
>
> > Is it an /etc/aliases trick?
>
> Indeed. Just make it go to /dev/null:
>
> user: /dev/null
>
> Do not forget to run newaliases ;-)
Hmm ...
That works, but it would be nice to have it reject the mail instead.
Otherwise, someone could hog a lot of my bandwidth sending mails to
the bit-bucket.
--
Bill Moran
JAYNE: It ain't impossible! Saint Jayne, It's got a ring to it.
BOOK: I'm just trying to remember how many miracles you've performed.
JAYNE: I once hit a guy in the neck at five hundred yards with a bent scope,
don't that count upstairs?
BOOK: Oh, it'll be taken into consideration...
JAYNE: Well you make that sound kinda ominous...
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