or you can tell IMail not to create the mailbox if it doesn't exist in v
7.1x
Eric S
----- Original Message -----
From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Mailboxes being created
>
> >I have a client who uses web messaging and 3 times now he logs in and
there
> >are at least 20 mailboxes created with just one email message in each one
> >(It's always just spam).
>
> That sounds like the Taiwanese spammers, who haven't learned yet most
> people stupid enough to buy products that supposedly alter the size of
> their organs do not understand Chinese.
>
> They like to send to partial addresses based on real addresses. For
> example, one spam they sent to:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Those 7 non-existent addresses were based on just 2 legitimate addresses
> ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]" and "[EMAIL PROTECTED]").
>
> >He says that he does not create them they just appear.
>
> That is what happens when IMail receives mail to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] It creates the mailbox. You can change the
> delimiter in the registry, if you do not like that behavior.
>
> -Scott
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