Email catch-all user/account: Wiki entry

[Christian Rößler]

Gunnar Wrobel schrieb:

>>> messing aroung with catchall email today I thought it would be a nice
>>> idea to have a wiki entry for that. So I made one:
>>> wiki.kolab.org/index.php/Email_catch-all_account
>> Thank you for adding the entry, I haven't really done it yet so I  
>> can't proof-
>> read the technical aspekt but I think it would be nice if you could add a
>> couple of lines what this is supposed to do.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-all does only indicate it helps  
> avoiding loss of mails in case the sender mistype the recipient mail  
> address. But that sounds like something you could only do in the  
> golden age of e-mail when there was virtually no spam. Which of course  
> is hinted at by the second section which allows to throw away all the  
> spam.
> I googled for a few seconds to understand this approach but I admit I  
> don't. Seems to be a waste of CPU cycles. So yes, I'd also like to  
> understand what this might be useful for.

ah well, the answer would be: It is a requirement I have been given...

Best regards,
Christian