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List:       procmail
Subject:    Re: Question about user-name+xxxx@host style addresses
From:       dmuth () ot ! com (Doug Muth)
Date:       1997-03-29 23:19:16
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Hi Simeon ben Nevel!  I'm a UNIX administrator, spamfighter, and a virusfighter!
>    snevel+getfile@wco.com
>Where the SMTP daemon will automagically know to deliver to my 
>snevel@wco.com mailbox.
>How is this set-up?  Is it a function of a particular mail-server?  Is it 
>hard to administer?

	I know that recent versions of sendmail support it, to test it, 
just e-mail snevel+somestring@wco.com, if it works, it's good, if not, it 
will bounce back to you.

>I can see *lots* of utility for this as a budding procmail user and would 
>like to ask my ISP about it, but I don't know what to ask them about.

	It's known as a "plussed" address.

	Here's an example RCfile for one of mine...

# filter for virus mail and page me
:0 f
* ^TO.*dmuth\+virus
| formail -i "Priority: Urgent" \
- -i"Subject: (Virus)$SUBJECT" \
- -A"X-Procmail-Notice: Subject: and Priority: headers modified"

	I also have an autoresponder running at dmuth+help@ot.com which 
obviously takes advantage of plussed addresses, they are VERY useful indeed!

	Regards,

- -- 
<Doug Muth> ----- <http://www.ot.com/~dmuth> ---- Est sularus oth Mithas!
Co-author of the SPAM-L FAQ -=-=-= http://www.snowpoint.com/spam-lfaq.txt
Anti-virus software and utils -=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.ot.com/~dmuth/virus
Because the only GOOD spammer is a DEAD spammer! || http://spam.abuse.net 

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