Short of unsubscribing all the users from all those lists... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Vantine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 7:56 AM Subject: RE: Inbound email for deleted mailboxes wasting bandwidth.
> Although this will eliminate the emails being stored, I do not think this > will address his bandwidth issue but I could be wrong. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 10:15 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Re: Inbound email for deleted mailboxes wasting bandwidth. > > > 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] > > _________________________________________________________________ > 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]
