[Mimedefang] Filtering for external e-mail addresses

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Mo, den 16.02.2004 schrieb Matthew Rossiter um 07:12:
> I'm using RedHat Linux 9.0, sendmail-8.12.11, Mail-SpamAssassin-2.63, and
> MimeDefang 2.39 along with the latest version of procmail.
> 
> Everything is working perfectly.  Can anyone recommend a good way to
> filter out mail aliases as well?  In other words if my /etc/mail/aliases
> file has 'bob: bob at yahoo.com' in it.  Can the mail get sent through the
> filter first before getting redirected?
> 
> I was thinking of maybe creating a user called aliasfilter and have all
> the aliased mail sent to it first and then create a .procmailrc file which
> sends it to the appropriate email address based on the TO: address.
> 
> But maybe there's a much simpler and more effective method.  Right now,
> none of my aliases going to external email addresses are getting filtered.
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> Matt

Why do you think aliased mail will not get handled through
milter/mimedefang? I tested it using aliases, a .forward file and with a
virtusertable entry: all 3 are mimedefang treated.

Alexander


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