On 12.11.06 17:16, Bill Moseley wrote: > My /etc/aliases file has entires like this: > > daemon: root > bin: :fail: Unknown User > sys: root > sync: root > games: root > man: root > lp: root > mail: root > news: root > uucp: root > proxy: root > postgres: root > www-data: root > > When would mail ever get delivered *to* those addresses?
If they have cron jobs, their output is sent to them for example. > Will anything break if mail can't be delivered to "www-data", for example? Nothing should, but you may loose e.g. output from the cron jobs... > I've been getting more spam lately addresses to common unix users, so > I'm thinking about rejecting mail to those users -- well, any user > that is not listed in a separate "valid-users" type of file. I disabled receiving the mail for them via SMTP (I use virtusertable, aliased them all to e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED], and disabled all traffic to recipients @hostname, except [EMAIL PROTECTED]). -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
