Re: [iMS] Bounce Back Question

[Howie Hamlin]

You can track bounces in two general ways: 1) parse the bounced mail and try to determine the address that the bounce was for and, possibly, the reason for the bounce.  I don't recommend doing this because, as I've mentioned, the returned email is not standardized and parsing it for pertinent information could be difficult (if not impossible) to do reliably.   2) send the email from a unique address with a unique sender.  The remote mail server will then bounce the mail back to this address and you will know, from the incoming address, who the original mail was intended for.  At this point, you can disable the account or increment an error counter which could be used to disable the account after X number of bounces.   HTH,   Howie ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Moore To: inFusion Support List Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 10:52 AM Subject: RE: [iMS] Bounce Back Question Then I don't quite understand how adding the return_path would help you track the bounce back?  I don't know if I'm being particularly dense, but I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how to do this.. This list server is Powered by iMS "The Swiss Army Knife of Mail Servers" To leave this list please complete the form at http://www.coolfusion.com/iMSSupport.cfm Need an iMS Developer license? Sign up for a free license here: http://www.coolfusion.com/iMSDevelopers.cfm List archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/infusion-email%40eoscape.com/ Note: You are subscribed as archive@jab.org