Remove the nodoby alias. Travis
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony Tanzola > Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Rejecting Bogus E-mail Addresses In The Que > > > Does anyone know how the que process e-mail? > > I have the que set to attempt delivery 10 times, and then send an error > message. For out going mail this setting seems to be working ok. For > incoming mail, however, I am noticing problems. > > If I send e-mail to a username that does not exist on my server, > for example > [EMAIL PROTECTED] the e-mail shows up in the que and the que > attempts to deliver this e-mail 10 times to the bogus address. > This occurs > for deleted accounts which is not a huge problem. > > The big problem is spammers sending out bulk e-mails with fake addresses. > 10 attempts for 5 bogus e-mail addresses on an e-mail times 50 > spam e-mails > tends to multiply into a lot of mail bogging down the que. > > I am using the spam filters, but don't want to be completely > restrictive as > I don't want my customers to miss e-mail. So some spam is bound > to get past > the filter. > > Does anyone know a way to completely reject bogus e-mail user > addresses not > located on our I-mail server without having them processed in the que? > > > Thanks, > > Anthony Tanzola > EMR Data Services > Phone: 623.581.2875 > Fax: 623.582.5499 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > EMR Internet > A Serious Internet Experience > > > ** 56K Dial-up ** DSL ** Web-hosting ** > ** Co-location ** T1s ** ISDN ** > ** High-Speed Fiber Backbone ** Linux powered ** > ** Support for all Windows & Linux platforms ** > ** Custom Web Design ** Site Development ** > ** Search Engine Placement & Web Consultation ** > **** Visit us at http://www.emr.net! **** > > > Ask about our reseller programs! > > > 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/
