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ChuckAZ

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Bounce All E-mail to My COX Inbox

I use COX internet but stopped using my COX e-mail address. I notified everybody long ago. What arrives now is either spam or institutions disobeying me. Some of them have aggressive marketing departments.

I want to know if I can make the COX e-mail systems automatically bounce back to sender everything that comes into my box, except what it detects as spam, which it can toss. I would like people who still try to use my old e-mail to see that it's invalid. I may have missed a few acquaintances, for example, who may someday try to reach me on it.

Does COX use "procmail," and if so, where would I put my special rules, and what would they be? I think they must be quite simple for my case.

Also, please add SSL/TLS support to this forums sign-in.

Thank you.

Chuck

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ChrisL

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There isn't anything on the server end that can handle your messages like this however you may be able to setup an email client with some rules to perform a similar function.

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ChuckAZ

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OK, thanks Chris.

Perhaps deleting my e-mail account would accomplish the same purpose. I already set COX support e-mail to go elsewhere. So I don't need the COX e-mail to talk to COX.

Can COX simply delete my COX e-mail account without changing my user ID? Where would I file the request?

Thank you.

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Tecknowhelp

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If you don't need it anymore, why not just stop using it? Also, would a vacation message work?

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ChuckAZ

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Well, I have stopped, which is why I want to bounce incoming mail. Over time the box will choke on accumulated mail, unless it bounces away or the address is deleted. I do not want to log in just to clean up the mess.

And as I say some people still sending mail there don't know I've stopped. A bounce-back would tell them. Sometimes the box gets mail from people I forgot had the address at all.

I suppose a vacation message may work, if one may customize it.

What a basic thing to be so hard. People change e-mail all the time. Guess I will live with whatever constraints I must. Your advice is appreciated.

Thank you.

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