/etc/mail/access weirdness

[Kevin Miller]

I've seen similar behavior.  I think what was happening was that there were
more than one recipient on the mail, so the mail to the other users came in.
If memory serves, they're usually blind cc: recipients.  The To: field still
says the original user but looking at the received headers often shows a
bcc: recipient.  But my memory may be fuzzy on the exact details, as it's
been a while since I looked at that...

...Kevin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Billy A. Pumphrey [mailto:bpumphrey at WOODMACLAW.COM]
>Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 1:43 PM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: /etc/mail/access weirdness
>
>
>I have some email addresses disable in the /etc/mail/access file using
>this syntax:
>
>mchandler at woodmaclaw.com                REJECT
>
>THE GOOD::
>I will send a message to them and get this back:
>This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
>
>A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
>recipients. This is a permanent error. The following
>address(es) failed:
>
>  mchandler at woodmaclaw.com
>    SMTP error from remote mailer after RCPT
>TO:<mchandler at woodmaclaw.com>:
>    host mail.woodmaclaw.com [68.74.55.130]: 550 5.2.1
><mchandler at woodmaclaw.com>... Mailbox disabled for this recipient
>
>THE BAD::
>I have the spam mail forwarded to a spam mail box, and in about 4 days
>it has gotten 24 email addresses addressed to mchandler at woodmaclaw.com.
>Any ideas?
>
>I also have several more instances like this with other email
>addresses.
>