Email Filtering

[Russ]

I have set up a "user level filtering"rule that discards certain emails. Whenever I save rule, the rule changes. Instead of discarding email the rule now says that the email should be converted to a "deliver to folder" rule. The folder is "/dev/null." Likewise, I have an alternative rule (for same email address) that forwards certain emails to another address. Again, when I save this rule, another action is added to to a "deliver to folder" rule. The folder is "/dev/null."

 

Why does this need to be to a "deliver to folder." Why can't I just discard the email?

 

Also, where is the folder "/dev/null." I do not see it in my list of folders under CPanel File Manager?

 

Thanks.

Edited November 4, 2007 by Russ

[TCH-Thomas]

I can´t answer for the second problem but for the first problem I´ve learned (from Andy) that dev/null is the same as discard the email.

[TCH-Andy]

/dev/null is a virtual-file that can be written to. Data written to this file gets discarded ... basically it's saying go to 'device - nothing' .... so it's just linux terminology for discard and it's a virtual file ... it doesn't exist

 

 

Thomas beat me to it

[Russ]

Thanks...so the email (and any attachments) is deleted and does not take up any quota space?

[TCH-Bruce]

That is correct