Ok, Bill, maybe I mis-understood...Right now there is no facility in IMail to do this and be manageable...One could use inbound rules but that would be a nightmare to manage...
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Landry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] No user in local domain? > Eric, I think what Kami is saying is that someone from spammerville sends a > message to you at your IPSwitch e-mail address with a "From" address of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you receive the message because your account is > local, so SMTP Auth is not required. > > So, he is asking why IMail cannot so a simple check of any "From" address > that claims to be from a local domain, and if the account does not exist and > is not an alias, then reject the message. Sounds like it could be a nice > spam control feature. > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E. Shanbrom (Ipswitch)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 8:33 AM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] No user in local domain? > > > > yes it does...what are your relay options set to? change to one of the > ones > > I mentioned in the other if it isn't...if it is then someone has > compromised > > a userid/password in order to SMTP Auth through your server > > > > Eric S > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kami Razvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:54 AM > > Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] No user in local domain? > > > > > > :) > > > > We do not have nobody. > > > > Let me explain again since there is a misunderstanding here. > > > > If I send you an email and make my outlook Reply address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > domain.com you will get the email. Right? > > > > I can change my email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Naturally that email does not exist. > > > > All I say is Imail should know its own database and this query should be > > much faster than doing the IP4R tests. So before it does anything - if it > > receives an email from a domain that is local to it - IMail has to make > sure > > that email exists. Otherwise reject the email. > > > > This has nothing to do with relaying or how you setup IMail. > > > > Regards, > > Kami > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Landry > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 10:20 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] No user in local domain? > > > > > > Kami, if you remove the "nobody" alias from your hosted domains, then > IMail > > will simply refuse to accept delivery for non-existent users with a "550 > no > > such user" and neither IMail nor Declude will have to do any processing > for > > these messages. > > > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kami Razvan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 5:25 AM > > Subject: [IMail Forum] No user in local domain? > > > > > > Hi; > > > > Is there any reason for IMail not to accept emails from Users that do not > > exist when it knows all users in a domain? > > > > We are getting tons of spam that get blocked later from made up users in > our > > > > various domains. > > > > E.g.: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I understand spammers try to do this hoping that we have whitelisted our > own > > domain but when this user does not exist shouldn't IMail simply not accept > > email from this address? > > > > This will save so much processing time later.. > > > > Regards, > > Kami > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > > 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/ > > > > > 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/ > 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/
