Re: [Nolug] A sendmail question

On Sat, 12 Jul 2003, Andrew S. Johnson wrote:

> However, b.com has a special request. He has an account
> goner@b.com that he wants all mail to be dropped. What
> do I put in my sendmail config files (and I know there are a
> bunch, so you'll need to be specific) to make this happen.
> Dropping is preferable to bouncing because he is already
> bouncing mail I get for him and forward, and so it hits my box
> twice.

In /etc/mail/access, put this line

goner@b.com DISCARD

Then rebuild the access map (either with make or makemap). This will use
the discard mailer to silently drop the message.

-ray

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Ray DeJean  				       	 http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  	      AIX Administration, AIX Support
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