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Re: set up aliases that are NOT visible over network
In message <9et3mv0pectn8ol3digcd7t5hqqdn213bb@4ax.com>
so spake Jay Moore (jay_mo):
> I assume this means that anyone in the world can ask my server to show
> the contents of the aliases.db file, and it will do so... Is it
> possible to configure aliases that are _not_ visible over networks.
Not exactly, though spammers may connect to your smtp port and use
the VRFY or EXPN commands to scan for common names. You can disable
the VRFY and EXPN commands via sendmail's privacy flags. A spammer
can still just try to send mail to a user though...
- todd