on Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 10:14:18AM -0700, Bill Moseley (moseley@hank.org) wrote:
> Ok, so I'm now getting spam sent to (and forged from) usernames listed
> in my /etc/aliases file.
>
> Things like "postmaster" I'll need to keep, but I'm wondering what would
> break if I change things to:
>
> bin: :fail: Unknown User
>
>
> Here's my list of aliases. Do any processes/applications send to these
> addresses?
In general, they may.
In general, the solution is:
- Alias system addresses to root.
- Alias root to the user responsible for the system, or a site-wide
administrative address.
- Alias your sitewide administrative alias to a person who *reads* and
*has the authority to act on* the mail. And does.
Alternatively, some functions may be pointed at different groups: mail,
news, system support, webmaster, DBA, etc. In this case, you may have
local system aliases pointing at these users, rather than strictly
root, but the principle is the same.
> daemon: root
> bin: :root
<...>
Peace.
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