>In an attempt to stop spam mining of our mail server (version 7.06, all HFs >installed), we have a 'nobody' alias that accepts all incoming mail.
wow, is that a non-sequitur!! :)) >What is the group's opinion of accepting mail for 'nobody'? Just Say No! >It seems inappropriate that we are not bouncing legitimate incorrectly >addressed mail. seems?? >The reason for my question: today a client told me that she did not receive >a specific e-mail. She had verified with the sender that the address was >correct. I checked the 'nobody' mailbox and found the e-mail that she was >expecting. I have checked, and double-checked, and the mail was correctly >addressed and the user mailbox is working correctly. oops but you didn't mention that you saw this msgs as it was in the imail log file. >We do not have any kind of anti-spam filters (yet), and in every respect our >Imail server is working properly; does anyone know why a perfectly formed >and correctly addressed e-mail for a valid user would be put into the >'nobody' account? cocktpit error? show us the "SMTPD" log session where this message was received, then show us the "SMTP-" log session where it was delivered. Len ____________________________________________________________________ www.menandmice.com/DNS-training : DNS Training BIND8NT.MEIway.com: Secure config ; DNS and mail interactions IMGate.MEIway.com : Free, proven config for anti-mail-abuse gateways To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
