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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.kei.com!nntp.coast.net!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Frankfurt.Germany.EU.net!Nuremberg.Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: Blocking e-mail from a specific address Date: 17 May 1996 08:25:00 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4nhd4s$evj@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <319A4D1B.39C2@goldcountry.com> <4nftpp$4n8@cynic.portal.ca> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.6 X-Phone: +49-351-31809-14 X-Fax: +49-351-3361187 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E curt@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson) wrote: > >Is there some sendmail rulesets I can use to define a database to > >accomplish this? A quick glance through the sendmail book has revealed > >no clues. > > Much easier is just to compile procmail and use that to reject the mail. Yep. Anyway, the answer to the sendmail question is also ``yes'', and you don't need to install any other software. Simply define a dummy mailer, e.g. Mnull, P=/bin/true, F=lsDFMoeu, S=10/30, R=20/40, D=$z:/, T=X-Unix, A=true ...and hand all the unwanted mail off to it. :) -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j