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----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Declude Question > > > 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 > --- > Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for > IMail. http://www.declude.com > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
