I think some idiot customer on your network is sending mail local...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Donnelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:59 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Help Please
> Len,
>
> Yes, Nobody will acept mail for
> 'unknownuser_or_unknownalias_or_unknownlist@knownlocaldomain'. No, it will
> not cause IMail to accept a messsage for an 'unknownlocaldomain'. But
Nobody
> could be pointing to a 'user@nonlocaldomain' and IMail will still accept
> messages and forward it to the outside domain.
>
> Yes, some of the open relay test sites, will indicate a 'failure' when the
> email is accepted by a server, even if it is later bounced back to the
> sender. BAD, if you ask me, this is NOT a real relay! Much better, if the
> test site, looks for a succesful delivery to itself (an account it checks,
> and looks for a non-bounce message!).
>
> Well, some people like the capabilities of Nobody (to hold email in a POP3
> account for latter collection by a pseudo-mail server), but it is not
> something I (as postmaster) would use on my server. Too many things that
> postmaster does are bypassed when Nobody is used (Unknown user message
> bounces, for one!). Yes, someone MUST take care of all the email that it
> accepts or that mailbox can become large, very quick!
>
> Daniel Donnelly
> Ipswitch Technical Support
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Len Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 9:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Help Please
>
>
> >
> > >Do you have a Nobody alias? If there is one, it will cause your system
to
> > >accept email for what would otherwise be 'invalid' users. That 'Ok,
> deliver
> > >to alternate' message, means IMail is accepting it, but not for a
'valid'
> > >user.
> >
> > but will Nobody alias accept mail for
> >
> > unknownuser@knownlocaldomain
> >
> > AND for
> >
> > anyone@nonlocaldomain?
> >
> > I remember some discussion about open-relay testing software would
> > blacklist a server if it just accepted the relay test msg, even if the
> > accepted mail was never relayed to the relay target.
> >
> > Some open-relay testers do require that the test msg be relayed by the
> > server-under-test before winning blacklist status.
> >
> > Nobody alias sounds kinda dangerous, nice way to fill a disk with crap.
> >
> > Len
> >
> > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html
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> >
>
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