SOLVED Block Receiving E-Mail Address

[Mike_Jumbling]

Hello All,

I want to block incoming mail to one address only. This address does not have an e-mail account, e-mail sent to it is received by the default account. I do not want to block the default account entirely.

I do not have root access.

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(I have replaced the name of my domain with domain.com).

The Set Default Address is set to forward to a real e-mail account on the same domain, [email protected]. My e-mail client then downloads from [email protected].

I then, when registering for websites etc., register with adresses such as [email protected]. This stops my personal account being flooded by adverts etc.

One of those adresses is now receiving masses of spam and I want to block it, imcoming messages to be auto-deleted.

I have set up the same rule in Account Level Filtering and also in User Level Filtering (in the [email protected] account).

To = [email protected]; Action = Discard

A test :

---> To: [email protected]
---> From: [email protected]
---> Subject: test
--->
---> This is a test message.


Gives this result :

    ---> The Filter has matched the following condition(s):
    ---> $header_to: is [email protected]
    ---> Return-path copied from sender
    ---> Sender = [email protected]
    ---> Recipient = [email protected]
    ---> Testing Exim filter file "/home/default/etc/domain.com/unrouted/filter"
    --->
    ---> Save message to: /dev/null 0660
    ---> Filtering set up at least one significant delivery or other action.
    ---> No other deliveries will occur.

However I am still receiving e-mail to [email protected] in my e-mail client.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Infopro]

This address does not have an e-mail account, e-mail sent to it is received by the default account. I do not want to block the default account entirely.

You should.
[email protected] is received by the default account, sure. But [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and any other word you can think of can be as well.

I then, when registering for websites etc., register with adresses such as [email protected]. This stops my personal account being flooded by adverts etc.

You should create a forwarder for that instead of using the default account this way.

If that forward ([email protected]) is found out by a spammer and you're getting pounded with spam, change the forwarder to a new one and kill the old one getting spammed. After all, its not a valid email anyone uses.

 

[Mike_Jumbling]

You should.
[email protected] is received by the default account, sure. But [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and any other word you can think of can be as well.


You should create a forwarder for that instead of using the default account this way.

If that forward ([email protected]) is found out by a spammer and you're getting pounded with spam, change the forwarder to a new one and kill the old one getting spammed. After all, its not a valid email anyone uses.

That worked, thanks.

 

[Infopro]

Happy to help.