Where is your problem? This is a configurable option, and it is well documented in the
manual. I don`t know the default setting, but if you know what to do (or at least have
read the manual) you will have a look at all SMTP settings, and so you will change
this option if you want to.
Hermann
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carlos Kramer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:46 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [IMail Forum] Where Did My Bounce Go?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> My question is why does Imail not conform to the RFCs? Why
> does it reject perfectly good bounce messages? A blank <>
> sender should not only be accepted, but the RFCs state very
> clearly that A WELL BEHAVED MTA HAS TO CREATE BOUNCE MESSAGES
> WITH A BLANK SENDER.
>
> Isn't Ipswitch concerned that the users of Imail don't
> receive bounce messages when it is used with the default
> settings? Telneting to imail.ipswitch.com 25 shows that
> Ipswitch themselves accept bounce messages. But the Imail
> product in its default configuration doesn't accept bounces.
>
> Isn't Imail designed for postmasters and mail administrators
> who don't know how to administer a "real" MTA? Why supply
> these neophytes with a mail system which breaks Internet
> standards and causes my postmaster account on my well behaved
> qmail system to fill up with 501 Bogus Mail From rejections?
>
> Bounce messages ARE NOT BOGUS MAIL.
>
> Mail systems which reject bounces are BOGUS.
>
> A simple suggestion:-
>
> Change the system so that people understand that if you reject
> bounce messages you will be flamed by irate postmasters who
> get mailboxes full of 501 Bogus Mail From rejections.
>
> Don't just secrete this information away in your knowledgebase:-
>
> http://support.ipswitch.com/kb/IM-19980116-DD02.htm
>
> Thanks for your attention and I am sure this will change
> nothing, I'll just keep on abusing the administrators of
> Imail systems until the users on these systems stop sending
> misaddressed mail to users on my system, stop asking for read
> receipts, stop asking for delivery receipts or stop using
> Imail. Whatever it takes to stop these "501 Bogus Mail From"
> messages from filling up my postmaster mailbox.
>
> Have a Nice Day,
>
> Irate Postmaster.
>
>
>
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