> Simple question. When Declude catches a virus, one of the features is to
>send the sender of the virus, a "notification"(nasty message) of the
>occurrence, however those messages are always returned to the postmaster as
>undeliverable. Is this simply because my server is set up for "Relay of
>Local Hosts only".
Unfortunately, IMail's bounce messages don't include the reason for the
bounce, so there could be a lot of different reasons. However, the "Relay
for Local Hosts" shouldn't cause the problem (since Declude will be using a
return address with a local host name). Note that "Relay for Local Hosts"
leaves you as an open relay, though, letting spammers send mail through
your server if they want to.
If you check the IMail log file, and search for the outgoing E-mail
notifications, you should see "SMTP" lines in the log file with "RCPT
TO:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>". The next line will normally show you the reason
the E-mail couldn't be delivered.
There are several viruses now that will alter the return address of the
recipient, so they will not be able to receive these messages.
-Scott
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