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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Bailey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 12:39 PM
Subject: RE: [iMS] ods question
> Greetings,
>
> Newbie issues... Mostly having troubles getting the POST server to track bad
> email addresses.
>
> When sending email to a known invalid email address in my company's domain
> to test for a hard bounce back, the iMS POST log shows a sucessful delivery:
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM Added 1 file to queue.
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] Send mail start for 274E7A49DB7E6E4F81A9.mbx
> (Priority 5)
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] Connect to mail.alcottrouton.com
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] Sending mail to mail.alcottrouton.com
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] 274E7A49DB7E6E4F81A9.mbx sent successfully to
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] from <> 460
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] WARNING: Application server response:
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] WARNING:
> Template=C:\iMS\Domains\REPORTPOSTSTATUS.cfm
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] WARNING: Content-type: text/html
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] WARNING: Page-Completion-Status: Normal
> 04/03/2002 11:09:22 AM [011] Completed Processing
>
> This address is being delivered to the reportpoststatus in the Delivered
> variable as opposed to one of the failure vars.
>
That's because your mail server is accepting the mail to that address. The POST
Server sees that your mail server accepted the mail
and so considers that a successful delivery.
> When sending mail to a completly bogus addess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), POST log
> shows failure and reschedule:
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] Send mail start for 9F1CEAAFF0D5914D8F9F.mbx
> (Priority 5)
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] WARNING: No MX found from server
> 216.183.105.178 for blahblahblah.blah:
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] WARNING: No MX found from server
> 216.183.105.164 for blahblahblah.blah:
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] Connect to blahblahblah.blah
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] WARNING: SOCKET ERROR: SockConnect couldn't
> resolve host name "blahblahblah.blah" ([11004] No Data) [blahblahblah.blah]
> (blahblahblah.blah)
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] WARNING: MX Lookup Error (no MX for
> blahblahblah.blah). Rescheduling delivery.
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] Completed Processing
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM [011] Rescheduling:
> 20020403122638/48EF39E69512EC4F871C_9F1CEAAFF0D5914D8F9F.mail
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM Current Post Queue status (1 records in all queues)
> [0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]
> 04/03/2002 12:16:38 PM Next queued mail is scheduled for 04/03/2002 12:26:38
> PM
>
> iMS is moving the .mail file into the C:\iMS\Out\Queued folder while leaving
> the .mbx in the C:\iMS\Out folder and is failing to resend the mail. Two
> things bother me here. If the MX is bad, this should be a perminate failure
> and not be rescheduled as shown above (however the first example above
> Should be rescheduled and isn't.)
You have the "MX From Address" feature enabled (which allows the server to try sending
mail to a domain or address with no MX) and
the "Action on Failure" set to retry. If you want this to fail then set the Action on
Failure to "Fail."
> Also, when the rescheduled time arrives,
> nothing happens.
>
I've never heard of this. The server should reschedule the mail and also show you
periodically in the log file the date/time of the
next scheduled delivery.
> MX failure is not being sent to the temp or perm failed lists in the
> reportpoststatus template (but is not sending it to the Delivered var
> either.) I am, however, receiving an email from iMS saying the MX is bad,
> but really need this address to show in the failed list in the
> reportpoststatus template.
>
Do you have Temporary and Permanent failures enabled in the Post server settings?
Also, this was not a function of the older
versions of the POST Server - you would need to upgrade if you are not seeing this and
the settings are enabled.
HTH,
Howie
> BTW, when the email address is valid, everything works great, including the
> DeliveredList in the reportpoststatus template.
>
> So, how can I get the failed addresses to appear in the proper reportstatus
> failure lists, why is a bogus address being reported as successful, and why
> is iMS not trying to resend? Running iMS 2.1. THANKS!
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