From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from randymail-a2.g.dreamhost.com (caiajhbdccac.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.202]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id D741C10AE9 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:27:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from JXTTD51 (70-101-78-8.dsl1-field.roc.ny.frontiernet.net [70.101.78.8]) by randymail-a2.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72793EE2F0 for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:27:21 -0700 (PDT) From: "James Homuth" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" References: <6828125AFC5C4CA1AFAFBACF0B5CC8F3@Boe> <4A7DE524.5030805@gmail.com> <8B40B8EEF0E44E2B90A04C51685E5BEE@Boe> Subject: RE: OT - How to stop an account from receiving mail withoutdeletingthe account? Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:27:12 -0400 Message-ID: <023e01ca1ab9$bc886dd0$6501a8c0@JXTTD51> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 Thread-index: AcoauVkfbSaGbZxIQsSvKN8GSzUK5QAAFAlA In-Reply-To: <8B40B8EEF0E44E2B90A04C51685E5BEE@Boe> X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:27:23 -0000 Why not just an alias entry? In /etc/aliases, do: Mail: /dev/null -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 3:24 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: OT - How to stop an account from receiving mail withoutdeletingthe account? Hi, What that looks like is that it accepts the message, then immediately bounces it back. That's exactly what I don't want to happen. The reason is simple. As you probably know, spammers often use totally bogus addresses. So I bounce the message, and it turns out the original sender's address is also invalid. That bounced bounce has to go somewhere, and that somewhere just happens to be the Postmaster account I think it is, which is aliased to a real account. So if there's a way to not accept the message in the first place, or to possibly just accept it and then destroy it, I'd love to know. I tried making /var/mail/mail a simlink to /dev/null, but that didn't last. Thanks for any help. Jayson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 4:50 PM Subject: Re: OT - How to stop an account from receiving mail without deletingthe account? > Hi, > Could this work for you? Not sure, since I found it via Google looking > for: > procmailrc bounce message > but it's worth a shot. > http://www.it.ca/software/procmail-bounce > I think it goes in a .procmailrc in the home directory for the account > whose mail you want to bounce. Of course, you will probably need to > modify it, but it looks like it should do the job you want after your tweaks. > > Kyle > > -- > Jesus you're my life. > I live only to serve You > Each and every day. > --Kyle > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _____ avast! Antivirus : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090810-0, 08/10/2009 Tested on: 8/11/2009 3:27:12 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.