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Last Login: 11/20/2006 10:32:00 AM
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| Excuse my naivety, but I'm new to IMail. All the mail that gets sent to accounts that don't exsist, it stored somewhere on the server?? Also, how long are SMD files stored for??? Thanks |
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Time Traveler
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Last Login: 6/3/2008 12:55:36 PM
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| TheMoon,
if you create an alias called nobody, it will catch all mails sent to the correct domain but wrong user. Just point nobody to a user like root or else....
Have fun.
Camaleonte
Acting is so much more real than reality! |
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| | | Time Traveler
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Last Login: 6/15/2005 1:07:00 AM
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| Mail to accounts that don't exist should never be accepted by your server. It is rejected at the SMTP protocol (envelope) level, and the decision to send a bounce message is made by the remote server. There is no spool file created for messages to nonexistent accounts. Contrary to the response from Camaleonte, you should NOT enable the 'nobody' feature unless you want to be a friend to spammers and endanger the resources of your server. The 'nobody' alias has very specific purposes, and from your post it is clear that you do not need it. --Sandy
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Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist
Broadleaf Systems, a division of
Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Remote Mailboxes into Aliases on your IMail MX!
http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/release/ |
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Time Traveler
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| Sandy, you completely right.
Its a give and take. Sometimes it helps!
Themoon, Sandy is right. Apologize for not having said the risks of using nobody alias.
Camaleonte
Acting is so much more real than reality! |
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Last Login: 11/20/2006 10:32:00 AM
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| | I already knew about the nobody alias, but cheers for the other info |
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