[svlug] want to pipe email into /dev/null

Mikhail Zolikoff zee at umich.edu
Wed Oct 18 12:25:06 PDT 2000


I THOUGHT I had tried this, but obviously I didn't, because it
works.  Thanks!  Reminds me of that one time I put a tab after localhost
in my /etc/hosts file.  That was fun...

-- 
Mik
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On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Robert Hajime Lanning wrote:

> In /etc/aliases:
> req-dist: /dev/null
> 
> ---- As written by Mikhail Zolikoff:
> > 
> > 
> > I'd like to use /etc/aliases (or a similar mechanism) to pipe email that
> > is addressed to a non-existent user into /dev/null (I'm using Wreq, and
> > I'd like to send all req-dist mail into a hole).
> > 
> > Thoughts?  Easiest, most straightforward way is appreciated.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mik
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > 
> > 
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