Filter email going TO a specific address

[prophecy]

Can this be done?

[DirectAdmin Support]

http://www.site-helper.com/email.html#filters

John

[prophecy]

That is just FROM isn't it? I don't see any way to block email that is addressed TO a specific address.

[DirectAdmin Support]

So what you want is the ability to not get email in a particular email account?

[prophecy]

exactly, cause some accounts get a ton of spam, or it's an account that is no longer in use that gets tons of spam going to the catch all.

[DirectAdmin Support]

well, for now you can just create a forwarder to a bogus email account... I'll add :blackhole: and :fails: as valid inputs for the next release.

John

[terrymc]

Hi, Just wondering if the blackhole or fails are implemented yet?

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

yes, they've been added for a long time (check the date of that post ;))

John

[XYZed]

Ahh great found the info I was after, however:

Forward spammed-email-addy@domain.com to ::fail:: or fail etc returns:

Error creating forwarder

Details
String contains an invalid email address: fails
Do not use any spaces between emails and double check for strange characters

Am I missing something ?

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

Use

:fail:

Only single colons on each side.

John

[XYZed]

Forwarder created :-)