Delete email starting with mail@, uucp@

[Julian Field]

David Jourard wrote:
> Matt Kettler wrote:
>> David Jourard wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I just upgraded MailScanner from an older version I had running.
>>>
>>> I had a bunch of rules I setup  in spam.blacklist.rules
>>>
>>> Example:
>>>
>>> FromOrTo: root at clientdomain.com yes
>>> FromOrTo: mail at clientdomain.com yes
>>> FromOrTo: uucp at clientdomain.com yes
>>> FromOrTo: info at clientdomain.com yes
>>>
>>> They were being deleted.
>>>
>>> They are now getting delivered.
>>>
>>> What parameters do I need to set so that they get deleted.
>>
>> Any reason you're doing this at the MailScanner layer?
> Ignorance
>
>>
>> If you're just going to delete it, save your network the bandwidth of 
>> receiving it and just 550 it at the MTA layer.
>
> This sounds like a wonderful solution.
>>
>> For example, in sendmail you'd edit /etc/mail/access and add:
>> root at clientdomain.com  REJECT
>> mail at clientdomain.com  REJECT
>> uucp at clientdomain.com  REJECT
>> info at clientdomain.com  REJECT
>>
>> Then run make in /etc/mail/ directory to rebuild access.db from the 
>> access text file.
> What command do I use.  Is it makemap hash (like I've been doing for 
> virtualusertable).
    cd /etc/mail
    make -n
That will show you what it's going to do, without actually doing it. 
Make sure it prints a command that looks like it will rebuild the access db.
    make
That will actually do it.
>
> Do I need to restart MailScanner (which also restarts sendmail).
Easy enough to test. Try
    sendmail -bv info at clientdomain.com
and see what it says it will do with it. If it looks like it's going to 
try to deliver it, then do a quick
    service MailScanner restart
I don't *think* you need to, but someone will surely correct me if I'm 
wrong.

Jules

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