Sending mail to /dev/null without scanning

[Cameron B. Prince]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for your reply... This does not do what I need.

I don't want to send a bounce. I want the sender to have no idea that the
address isn't good.

Cameron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Ken A
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 6:08 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: Sending mail to /dev/null without scanning
> 
> Put entries in your access table instead.
> 
> To:bob at mydomain.com     RELAY
> To:tim at mydomain.com 	RELAY
> #
> # Default Entry to Reject all others
> #
> To:mydomain.com    ERROR:5.1.1:550 User unknown
> 
> That way sendmail will reject them for you and mailscanner will never
> see them. (don't forget to "makemap hash access < access")
> 
> Ken
> Pacific.Net
> 
> 
> Cameron B. Prince wrote:
> > Hey guys,
> >
> > I have been getting a lot of emails coming in with CC's to every-name-
> known
> > to-man at mydomain.com. It bothered me that so many of my mail server's
> > resources and my internet connection were both being used to send
> bounces
> > and that this could also be an attempt to determine valid addresses.
> >
> > I did some research and came up with creating an alias like this:
> >
> > garbage: /dev/null
> >
> > Then in my virtusertable I have something like this:
> >
> > bob at host.com	bob
> > tim at host.com	tim
> > @host.com		garbage
> >
> > It works, but now instead of bouncing, the messages are all scanned and
> then
> > sent to /dev/null. I need to configure MailScanner so that it doesn't
> scan
> > these messages destined for oblivion.
> >
> > Jan 27 17:41:00 p2 sendmail[14975]: k0RNeu33014975:
> > from=<MolliesfDuttonc at netzero.net>, size=1421, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> > msgid=<aristotelean.combustion at g42Ls1T6.23.com>, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA,
> > relay=[221.0.209.135]
> > Jan 27 17:41:00 p2 MailScanner[14330]: New Batch: Scanning 1 messages,
> 1883
> > bytes
> > Jan 27 17:41:01 p2 MailScanner[14330]: Virus and Content Scanning:
> Starting
> > Jan 27 17:41:01 p2 MailScanner[14330]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages
> > Jan 27 17:41:01 p2 MailScanner[14330]: Logging message k0RNeu33014975 to
> SQL
> > Jan 27 17:41:01 p2 MailScanner[14294]: k0RNeu33014975: Logged to
> MailWatch
> > SQL
> > Jan 27 17:41:01 p2 sendmail[14980]: k0RNeu33014975: to=/dev/null,
> > ctladdr=<henderson at mydomain.com> (8/0), delay=00:00:03, xdelay=00:00:00,
> > mailer=*file*, pri=121421, dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent
> >
> > I setup a ruleset like this in the scan.messages.rules file:
> >
> > To:       /dev/null  no
> > FromOrTo: default    yes
> >
> > I have this in the .conf file
> >
> > Scan Messages = %rules-dir%/scan.messages.rules
> >
> > MailScanner continues to scan the mail even though the to line states "
> > to=/dev/null"
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if this is possible and what I may be doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Cameron
> >
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