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server:mail [2018/03/04 20:33] – Reorganize this page a bit. Mention the POP3 server #nospam feature. Removed the (empty) ListServer section from this page. digital manserver:mail [2018/10/29 15:13] – [Tags] Details on the FidoNet netmail gating and cleaned up the tags section digital man
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-==== Tags ====+==== Special Addresses ==== 
 +Some specially formatted destination addresses (''RCPT TO'' addresses) are recognized and treated specially by the Synchronet SMTP server.
  
-Incoming email is scanned for To: headers in the format ''<name>#<tag>@host''+=== FidoNet === 
 +If the system supports [[network:FidoNet]]-style networking (has at least one address configured in [[util:SCFG]]->Networks->FidoNet->Addresses), then incoming FidoNet netmail messages are recognized with one of the following formats:
  
-Tag is extracted, and if it is not found in ''data/user/<usernum>.smtptags'' it is +  * ''//<name>//@f//<node>//.n//<net>//.z//<zone>//.fidonet'' 
-sent to the user.  If it DOES match a line in the smtptags file, the email +  * ''//<name>//@p//<point>//.f//<node>//.n//<net>//.z//<zone>//.fidonet''
-is rejected with a "no such user" error.+
  
-Using this this feature allows you (the sysop) to easily create "temporary" email addresses.  Once you +Example: ''rob.swindell@f705.n103.z1.fidonet'' 
-start recieving spam on one tag, just disable it.+ 
 +Note: the ''.fidonet'' host suffix is required even if the destination network is an //othernet// (not technically part of FidoNet proper). This is a "virtual" TLD, no DNS lookup is performed by the mailserver for destination hostnames with this suffix. 
 + 
 +=== Tags === 
 + 
 +The Synchronet Mail Server recognizes the incoming special address format: ''//<name>//#//<tag>//@//<host>//'' 
 + 
 +The //<tag>// is extracted from the address and if it is **not** found in the ''data/user/<usernum>.smtptags'' file, the mail message is 
 +sent to the destination user.  If the tag matches a line in the ''.smtptags'' file, the email is rejected by the mail server with a "no such user" error. 
 + 
 +This feature allows you (the sysop) to easily create and use "temporary" email addresses without requiring additional user accounts.  Once you start receiving spam with a tag, just disable that tag by adding it to your ''.smtptags'' file.
  
 ==== Anti-SPAM ==== ==== Anti-SPAM ====

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