[Novalug] OT: /dev/null email equivalent?

Richard Rognlie rrognlie@gamerz.net
Tue Jun 10 10:45:54 EDT 2014


Most sendmail systems include an alias for "nobody" which goes to /dev/null

e.g. nobody@example.com

I can't speak for other MTAs.

Richard


On Tue, Jun 10, 2014 at 10:35:13AM -0400, Roger W. Broseus wrote:
> /dev/null is a well known cyber-black-hole
> 
> Is there one for email? I'd like one to use in place of the
> ubiquitous "undisclosed-recipients" . . . maybe something like
> 
>    The Usual Suspects <blackhole@somewhere.com>
> 
> I guess I could setup on on my email server and dump any replies
> automagically but it would be nice to have something more "elegant"
> and less kludgey.
> 
> -- 
>    Roger Broseus
>    RogerB@bronord.com
>    www.bronord.com
> 

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