How to disable a mail to a user before scanning

[Mike Kercher]

I'll bet if you make your machine accept mail for the FQDN, add the
virtusertable entry to /dev/null and use a ruleset to exclude scanning of
mail to the specified account, you will be happy with the results.  The mail
would be accepted by sendmail, MailScanner would bypass scanning (based on
the ruleset) and the LDA would write the email to /dev/null...never to be
seen again.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of S Mohan
Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:45 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: How to disable a mail to a user before scanning


I thought this happens at delivery and not receipt end - virtusertable
lookup. Am I wrong? If so, the mail will be scanned and then the local
delivery agent would bounce it.

Mohan

-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
Behalf Of Mike Kercher
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:40 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: How to disable a mail to a user before scanning


Why not add an entry to /etc/mail/virtusertable and /dev/null it?

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Harish Amin
Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:11 PM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: How to disable a mail to a user before scanning


I receive about 50 messages to a unknown user on my SMTP server and I as a
postmaster receive all the messages back I tried the rules

# more spam.actions.rules
To:     webmaster at www.dpi.state.wi.us    delete


# more spam.blacklist.rules
#To:     /^$/    yes
To:     webmaster at www.dpi.state.wi.us   yes

But I still keep getting it



The original message was received at Tue, 8 Jul 2003 12:08:05 -0500 (CDT)
from doagw01.doa.state.wi.us [165.189.88.161]

   ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<'webmaster at www.dpi.state.wi.us>
    (reason: 553 5.3.5 system config error)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
553 5.3.5 www.dpi.state.wi.us. config error: mail loops back to me (MX
problem?)
554 5.3.5 Local configuration error

AM I doing something wrong here...
I am running MailScanner E-Mail Virus Scanner version 4.22-4 on SUn Solaris
running sendmail Any Help will be appreciated