[MLUG] Re: flexible e-mail addresses

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I found some info for sendmail here (Section 24.4.3):

http://andthatsjazz.org:8/oreilly/network/sendmail/ch24_04.htm

Looks easy with sendmail.  I think I'll want to use postfix.  Anyone know 
if this works in Postfix?  Any experience or recommendations.

Mike


On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Mike Miller wrote:

> I believe that it is possible in some e-mail delivery systems to allow users 
> to create an unlimited number of addresses that deliver to their account. 
> The kind of system I have seen is where the user has a an address such as 
> EMAIL:PROTECTED but they are allowed to augment that address by adding 
> things after the plus sign.  For example, the user could use 
> EMAIL:PROTECTED when signing up for messages from abc.com.  When the 
> e-mail comes in, the recipient is understood to be lsjones and the message is 
> delivered to the appropriate account.  The user can configure their account 
> to handle messages based on what follows the + sign.  For example, all 
> messages sent to lsjones+abc could be put in the abc inbox.
>
> Does anyone know how this can be accomplished in a Linux system?  Have any of 
> you used it and is it recommended?  Finally, are spammers hip to the plus 
> sign trick and do they strip everything that follows the plus sign before 
> sending their spam?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
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