How to create a /dev/null account or spam trap?: Difference between revisions
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Sometimes you'd like to create an account where mail is black holed or sent to /dev/null. One way to do this is: | Sometimes you'd like to create an account where mail is black holed or sent to /dev/null. One way to do this is: | ||
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1) Create a normal user account. Call it spam@example.com for example. | 1) Create a normal user account. Call it spam@example.com for example. | ||
2) Create a mail filter that if an email is over 1 Byte it is discarded. | 2) Create a mail filter that if an email is over 1 Byte it is discarded. | ||
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This will discard all mail sent to this account. | This will discard all mail sent to this account. | ||
Revision as of 00:25, 28 February 2006
Sometimes you'd like to create an account where mail is black holed or sent to /dev/null. One way to do this is: 1) Create a normal user account. Call it spam@example.com for example. 2) Create a mail filter that if an email is over 1 Byte it is discarded. This will discard all mail sent to this account.
