>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

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