RE: Notification:

[Abercrombie, Sherry]

Title: Message

I have a "Terminated Employees" mailbox that is hidden from the GAL, that I add the SMPT address of former employees to it.  I made myself the owner of this mailbox, went into it and setup a rule to move all incoming messages to the deleted items folder.  There is apparently no upper limit to the number of smtp addresses you can have on a mailbox.  It's really cut down the number of NDR's my administrator mailbox was receiving by probably 90%, and cut down my frustration level by at least that much.  I used to ignore those NDR's until I just couldn't stand it anymore and then would go on a rampage of trying to unsubscribe these people from those mailing lists, but that doesn't always work.  This is a much more workable solution.    Incidentally, I got this idea from someone on this discussion list several months ago.  Can't remember who it was, or I would give them credit.  So, whoever sent that suggestion to this list, THANK YOU!!!  It has really been a wonderful way to manage those pesky NDR's. -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:13 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification: I set mine to deliver to my mailbox too. I see messages hopping for weeks, and Chris is right, some of these guys never clean their lists up. Since I added a 3rd party filter though, most of this crap never sees Exchange at all, and thus never cause a load. I am curious how that affects Ex though.   -----Original Message----- From: Chris Norris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:03 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification:   Depending on the source, some of these junk mail senders never clean out their lists.  So, unless you can unsubscribe the non existent mail box they will continue to send mail until they decide to update the list or forever, which ever comes first.  Also, the junk mailers also sell their lists to each other so I have seen old mailboxes start receiving new junk mail over a year after they were removed. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Channon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 10:54 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Notification: Notification: Inbound Mail Failure   Out of curiosity on my Exchange 5.5 sp3 running on NT4 server, in IMS I turned on "Always send notification when Non delivery reports are generated" and boy I am amazed how much rubbish mail is bouncing around. All the mailboxes of people who have departed the company from way back when still receive email, or should I say email is still trying to be delivered to these non existent mail boxes. What I want to know is how long do these emails hang around and do they have an impact on server performance ?. Being the Administrator  (no formal training in Exchange so please forgive me where the obvious is not obvious for me in Exchange) I get all these notifications and obviously have access to the email and attachments ( Its amazing what some of these senior managers who have left had sent to there works email accounts ) so I need to know what impact this has on my server. ____________________________________________ Regards Mike Channon MCP - CNA -CCSA. Senior Server Engineer, Systems and Infrastructure Support. ____________________________________________ List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm