Re: [OT] Recipe for killing a Debian threads that won't die [Was: Re: [OT] Recipe for a Debian thread that won't die]

[Christopher Nelson <chris@cavein.org>]

On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 08:12:29PM +1000, bcml@swiftdsl.com.au wrote:
> I haven't been putting up with OT nonsense on this list for long but 
> here are the postfix ingredients for killing a thread that people won't 
> let die.  Can anyone think of ingredients for other MTAs?

I don't know about sendmail which I use, but I would do it in procmail,
that way it's a) user specific and b) MTA independant
 
> Ingredients:
> 
> 1. Add "header_checks = pcre:/etc/postfix/header_checks.pcre" to main.cf
> 2. add to header_checks.pcre (eg: "/username@example\.com/ DISCARD")
> other ingredients may be substituted (eg subjects or REJECT instead of 
> DISCARD)
> 3. /etc/init.d/postfix restart

I would check against the subject, since good contributors sometimes
participate in these threads (there are several in the 'OT politics...')
and you're protected if someone new joins in.

> Check /var/log/mail.log if things aren't cooking right.

Always a good idea.  Also should backup mail until you know your rule is
working correctly.

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