1. Create a Distribution List with no members. 2. Add the SMTP addresses of the people who are no longer there to this Distribution List. 3. Hide the Distribution List.
No NDRS, Emails disapear. And be careful out there. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "IT1(SW) Biesecker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2003 05:03:27 -0800 >Hi everyone. I'm new to this group so here's a quick introduction. I'm a >network Administrator in the US NAVY, currently on board the USS DEYO. My >organization contains about 350 people so it is actually a fairly small >network. While we are underway (as we are now), my Internet connection >bandwidth is approximately 14 Kbps. I manage everything on my network >fairly well, but there are certain things with Exchange 5.5 that I just >can't seem to figure out. That's why I've joined this list. > >Today, my question deals with emails that arrive on my server bound for >mailboxes that no longer exist. My clients and I are Sailors who tend to >spend a lot of time away from home and many times, have no news available >to us. That's why so many of my clients sign up for email distribution >lists for things such as news, jokes, etc., I'm sure you all know exactly >what I'm talking about. Well, when people transfer away from my command, I >remove their accounts and delete their mailboxes. Recently, I decided to >check the Exchange Administrator's mailbox, something that I have never >done in the past. "Holy cow! Look at all those Inbound Mail Failures and >NDR's!" It seems that the exchange server still downloads the whole email, >even if the mailbox it's being sent to is no longer there. Then, as if >that's not enough, when it doesn't find the mailbox, it sends an NDR back >to the originator, further wasting my bandwidth. I've found that this is >really taking up a lot of my precious bandwidth. I'm talking over 350 >NDR's for deleted mailboxes in one day! > >I've checked eveything I can think of in the Internet Mail Connector to >try to prevent the NDR's from being sent back to the Internet, but they >continue to go out. Can someone help me stop these NDR's for Unknown >mailboxes from going out? And what would be better than that would be to >tell my server not to download the message if it is destined for a deleted >mailbox. Is there a way to do this? If anyone can help me out, I would >sure appreciate it. > >IT1(SW) Biesecker, USN >USS DEYO (DD-989) "Strike Destroyer" > >"Serving with Pride" > >_________________________________________________________________ >List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
