And it's why I always mark them as spam, for both personal and work email - because Exchange is broken in that regard, and it's the only way I have to avoid the problem.
Kurt On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 14:12, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > I know why this is done, and we could discuss it until I was blue in the face > and got irritated; but long story short - it ain't gonna change in Exchange. > > Regards, > > Michael B. Smith > Consultant and Exchange MVP > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:04 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: test > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Matthew W. Ross > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I wish there was a standard for "automatic replies" somewhere in the email >> spec. > > There is. Machine-generated messages should be sent to the envelope > sender (SMTP reverse path), not the RFC-822 "From:" sender. If that > is done, the auto-responses go to the list server, which can do > something reasonable with them, or at least discard them. > > For some reason, Microsoft Exchange does the Wrong Thing. The > Internet mail community has been complaining about this for a decade > or so, but apparently MSFT doesn't consider it worth fixing. (There > are other mail programs also broken in this way, but Exchange, with > its market share, is by far the biggest offender.) > >> ... so Lyris can easily just filter this stuff to the bit bucket? > > They never hit Lyris. When a list message hits someone with OoO > set, Exchange sends the auto-response directly to the address in the > "From:" header, i.e., the person who sent the message. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
