On 19/09/2006 13:07, Jeremy Harris wrote: > Stephen Kestle wrote: >> I just can't seem to find some documents on a default account or >> redirect for my server. It seems to reject any non-local address, and >> that also seems to eliminate any alias redirection (I tried >> "*:mail-default"). >> >> It's something pretty simple, but I just can't find the right stuff... >> >> Perhaps I need to add a router to handle all unknown addreses - can >> someone point me in the right direction? > > My advice on catchall accounts is "don't do that". > You get inundated with spam as soon as a dictionary-attack > hits your domain, and you get joe-jobbed to death too.
I'd agree. If you want to have support for effectively making up email addresses on the hoof, as I do, enable local_part_suffix support (and probably local_part_suffix_optional too). It means I can make up email addresses like [EMAIL PROTECTED] and in my personal Exim filter I can if necessary choose to discard messages sent to that address (if it ends up getting spammed) while continuing to accept email for my main address. See http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.62/doc/html/spec_html/ch15.html#id2606562 If you still want a catch-all, you could change your aliases lookup to one with a default value, e.g. lsearch*{/etc/aliases} instead of lsearch{/etc/aliases} which will let you put * on the left and the target address on the right. See http://www.exim.org/exim-html-4.62/doc/html/spec_html/ch09.html#SECTdefaultvaluelookups Cheers, John. -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
