Someone apparently was playing with the costs in the remote site and set
it to zero on 11/8/99, Complaints were received during that week, then
someone set it back on 11/15/99, but did not flush the queues.
A big-wig apparently sent a flame mail during that week which did
not get delivered until today. He said it was one of his "finer pieces of work",
but the recipient wasn't his boss at the time. Oopsy.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Daniel Chenault wrote:
> The MTA is unable to determine the state (inbound, outbound) of the IMS.
> Thus the MTA will still deliver messages into the IMS' hidden mailbox for
> external delivery if certain conditions are met. Since the IMS was set to
> inbound only, those messages were never looked at. Not until you set it to
> outbound did it look at and process those messages.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jennifer Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 1:24 PM
> Subject: RE: oh, man what a mess
>
>
> > I understand that the IMS was setup incorrectly in
> > this remote site. My dilemma is that 3000 messages (some 3 years old,
> some 5 months old) have
> > apparently been sent after configuring the IMS correctly, (all sent
> > outbound.)
> >
> > If this is true:
> >
> > >Setting an IMS to Inbound Only in Exchange 5.5 and earlier will not keep
> > > the MTAs from routing outbound SMTP mail to the IMS server.
> >
> > then why did 3000 very old outbound messages get sent after setting the
> > IMS to Outbound Only?
> >
> > I prefer ahfuku.com, that also works.
> >
> > Charma, ED.
> >
> > On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Ed Crowley wrote:
> >
> > > Jennifer, please read the list! This is discussed every so often!
> Setting
> > > an IMS to Inbound Only in Exchange 5.5 and earlier will not keep the
> MTAs
> > > from routing outbound SMTP mail to the IMS server. The way to keep that
> > > from happening is to change the Address Space so that it has but one
> entry
> > > of "clownpenis.fart". (It has to be that exact domain. Don't ask me
> why.)
> > > Then the GWARTs won't try to route mail bound to valid SMTP addresses to
> > > that server. Microsoft would call this behavior "by design". If it is
> by
> > > design then it is a severe and longstanding design flaw.
> > >
> > > Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP
> > > Tech Consultant
> > > Compaq Computer Corporation
> > > All your base are belong to us.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jennifer Baker
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 10:12 AM
> > > To: Exchange Discussions
> > > Subject: oh, man what a mess
> > >
> > >
> > > After changing a remote IMS from send only Inbound to send Outbound Only
> > > then back to Inbound only mode, many messages (3000) were sent from as
> far
> > > back as 1999. If the IMS is set to inbound only, would it not send
> > > undeliverables for refused connections or would it just queue the
> message?
> > > It seems that any other maildomain that is not hosted by the org would
> be
> > > sent as undeliverable yet it got queued somewhere. Anybody know where?
> I
> > > have other remote IMS queues that could have the same issue, but I
> cannot
> > > locate the queue directories on those servers.
> > >
> > > I know test it and find out...which is what got me into this mess.
> > > Also, whenever I would make the change it would tell me to restart the
> > > service. I hit ok, restarted the service, reopened the IMS properties
> and
> > > the apply button would be highlighted as if it never took the change.
> > > After going thru this motion several times, it would behave the same
> way.
> > >
> > > Hope this makes a bit of sense, I am a bit frantic at the moment.
> > >
> > > Jennifer Baker
> > > Fluke Corporation
> > > http://www.fluke.com
> > > http://www.flukenetworks.com
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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