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Subject:Re: [maildropl] Move all messages of nonexistent mailboxesActions...
From:Tony Earnshaw (ton@barlaeus.nl)
Date:Dec 20, 2005 5:53:38 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop

juanmi wrote:

I have a problem with my Mail Server.

The spammers send me hundred of messages to nonexistent mailboxes in my domain and my MailServer try send a message "spammers mail server" in 100% of the cases is invalid and my spool of messages is very large.

Solution:

This solution is only a possible solution, if you know other, tell me please.

I don't know what MTA (mailserver) you're running, but it should be capable of refusing mail for non-existent accounts in the first place. My own MTA, Postfix 2.2.5/7 is perfectly capable of this (in fact it is mandatory for all Postfix mailadmins to do this) and many other MTAs have the same propensity, even MS Exchange.

Move all messages with a nonexistent mailbox in my domain to mailbox anti@domain.com. With this solution i can teach spamassassin and the message "nonexistent mailbox" will not send.

Check for the existence of a mailbox (Maildir) in maildroprc and if it doesn't exist, /dev/null the message, or, better, send it to a catchall . It's not completely clear from your message if this is what you're trying to do.

I cannot find this xfilter in the list.

Give some example of what you've tried and what doesn't work for you.

--Tonni