[okfn-help] Email catch all

Thu Dec 22 18:11:05 UTC 2011

As far as i can see we do not have mail catch-alls currently.

Email catch-all's are generally a not very good idea:

  * Not bouncing non-existant mail addresses violates expectations. 
Users expect such mails to bounce immediately, so they can re-send to 
the correct address.

  * Not bouncing non-existant mail addresses violates email-standards

  * No one has the capacity to monitor all the crap coming in (spam spam 
spam and a LOT of backscatter). So some legit mails with mis-spelled 
addresses might be not followed up at all.

  * Suggest i send a quite confidential mail to misspelled 
sam.leo at okfn.org (e.g. i am drunk and say something inappropriate about 
another OKF team member). I *really* want that mail to bounce, and not 
be read by 10 other OKF people.

Just my 2ct, /n

On 12/22/2011 06:24 PM, Sam Leon wrote:
> Hi helpful people,
>
> The community team were sorting out some of the general email aliases
> today and wanted to know if there was a catch all system for the  OKFN
> domain.
>
> It would be useful to have mail that is sent to misspelled names or
> non-existent email addresses in the okfn.org <http://okfn.org> domain to
> be forwarded to a particular email address that was monitored.
>
> Any help on this would be much appreciated.
>
> Best,
>
> S
>
> --
> Sam Leon
> Community Coordinator
> Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://okfn.org/
> Skype: samedleon
>
>
>
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