Correct, but they also get my automated response that indicates that the
user is not valid. For ex- employees of the company I send the following:
Undeliverable mail
The message you have sent cannot be delivered.
This is due to either an incorrect email address or this person is no
longer employed by XYZ Corp.
Further inquiries can be referred to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree it is not a perfect solution, but it is workable and does at least
allow me to continue to use the nobody alias while keeping the volume to a
minimum.
Anyone have any better ideas?
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Harry Palmer
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Nobody Alias
>
>
> That technique doesn't send an "unknown user" message, it sends the bounce
> message, "User mailbox exceeds allowed size"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dan Spangenberg
> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 2:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Nobody Alias
>
>
> The couple domains I manage are small, so I like to use the
> nobody alias to
> catch valid, but misaddressed mail. Quite a while back the list
> solved for
> me how to bounce emails for the scenario you describe.
> 1. I leave them setup as a user, but I diasble account access on the
> general tab.
> 2. Set the max mailbox size to 1 byte. This will mean that every
> message is
> effectively bounced.
> 3. I then enable an automated response via the info manager with
> some type
> of automated reply. I do include a vaild email address in case someone
> really wants to contact us.
>
> The key is this is setting the max mailbox size to 1.
>
> Dan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Harry Palmer
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:40 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] Nobody Alias
> >
> >
> > Dan:
> >
> > Here's the scenario...
> >
> > 1.) A user with a valid account subscribes to 624 creative
> writing e-mail
> > newsletters.
> >
> > 2.) User leaves and moves to China for a new career in "dogfight video
> > interpretation."
> >
> > 3.) WITH a nobody alias...
> > a.) If you delete the user, all 624 newsletters clutter up
> > the "nobody"
> > mailbox.
> > b.) If you set an auto-response, some listservers
> bounce it back and
> > clutter the "nobody" mailbox.
> > c.) The list server messages continue until you manage to manually
> > unsubscribe them all.
> >
> > 4.) WITHOUT a nobody alias...
> > a.) The mail automatically bounces per RFC and many
> > listservers will purge
> > invalid addresses.
> >
> > Therefore, I would like to have an option that makes a "closed" account
> > behave and bounce mail in the same manner as an account that does
> > not exist.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > -----
> > If the account exists (I'm assuming the account does, because you
> > say it is
> > 'closed' and I don't know exactly what you mean, except possibly
> > 'disabled'!), then Nobody won't get it. One could use Vacation or Info
> > Manager, to set an auto reply message... Not really a bounce,
> but it could
> > say 'This users account is closed....' or whatever you want.
> >
> > Daniel Donnelly
> > ________________________________________________________
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Harry Palmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 1:56 PM
> > Subject: [IMail Forum] Nobody Alias
> >
> >
> > > It would be useful to have a "user account closed" option which would
> > cause
> > > mail to specific users to be bounced. That feature would prevent mail
> > > addressed to "closed" accounts from being accepted by the
> > "nobody" alias.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Perry
> > > Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:40 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] How to bounce failed emails
> > >
> > >
> > > > Can not having a "nobody" alias leave me vulnerable to anything?
> > >
> > > Most mail servers do not have a "nobody" alias, so that mail
> will bounce
> > > properly.
> > >
> > > The drawback to taking it away is that it would be possible
> for spammers
> > to
> > > do a "dictionary attack" testing lots of potential E-mail addresses at
> > your
> > > server to see if they are valid. That eats up your resources
> > (bandwith +
> > > log files). It doesn't happen often unless you are
> > specifically targeted
> > by
> > > the spammer.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Scott
> > >
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