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Re: How to IGNORE massive To: and Cc: spams



Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM wrote:
> 
> [email protected] (Igor Chudov @ home) writes:
> >
> > [this is only of interest to UNIX(tm) users. Windows users, please ignore]
> 
> I suspect that a typical Windows user with a POP account usually has a unix
> account and a home directory (although its shell may be /etc/false or some
> such); he may be able to ftp to it and create a .forward file pointing
> to procmail, who will look at the incoming mail before passing on to his
> PPP. I don't really know shit about this, so don't flame me if this
> doesn't work. :-)

If the user shell is /bin/false, most likely the .forward file will not
be able to invoke any programs.

	- Igor.