Has any one else noticed an increase in problems reported with Verio? I have.
John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of White, Douglas > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 4:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Forwarding to a subdomain issue...problem and > solution > > > Just figured I'd pass along some info in case anybody else runs into > this. > > We have a research partner that is using Verio to host their web site. > We've been hosting their distribution lists on our exchange server for > quite a while by setting up forwarders on their account and forwarding > the messages to our domain. > > We recently set up an IMail server running as a virtual host for a > subdomain of their domain to host these distribution lists as there is > much more flexibility for remote management, locking down the lists, > etc... > > Anyway, when D-day came and we rerouted the forwarders to the newly > created subdomain, no messages got delivered and no non-delivery reports > went out. The messages disappeared into the ether. Our logs showed > that the messages were delivered, and they claimed that their logs > showed that the messages were received. After more than a week of > trying to troubleshoot the problem, we finally found out that the Verio > mail server was the culprit, and it wasn't informing anybody about the > issue (no bounces or NDRs). > > This story does have a happy ending, though... > > The workaround was to put a comma at the end of the email address in the > Verio forwarder ;?) So where a forward to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > failed to go through, a forward to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]," goes > through. > > Hope this saves somebody some time. > > Doug > > 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/
