Is there a way to set /dev/null to :fail:?

[jackie46]

We have a bunch of people who have set /dev/null. We also have a bunch of people who have set various combinations of blackhole and fail to things like;

blackhole:
:blackhole
blackhole
fail:
:fail
fail
/dev/null

I used the replace command on the server to correct it;

replace :blackhole: :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace blackhole: :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace :blackhole :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace :fail :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace fail: :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*

BUT there are a bunch of people who have set it to /dev/null

Is there a way to use the replace command to set /dev/null to :fail:?

replace /dev/null :fail: -- /etc/valiases/* does not fix it.

[chirpy]

That ought to do it. This is what I use as a first pass:

replace :blackhole: :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace :blackhole :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace blackhole: :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace blackhole :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
replace " fail:" " :fail:" -- /etc/valiases/*
replace /dev/null :fail: -- /etc/valiases/*
cd /etc/valiases/
grep fail * | grep -v " :fail:"

[IRCBrasil]

my are set to *: :fail: no such address here

there are some problem? if yes, how i chante to only :fail: ?

Thank you!

[chirpy]

That's correct. The actual entry in /etc/valiases/domain file should be:

*: :fail:

which is what you have.