If you have Recipients filtering on in E2K3, then, yes, Exchange does close the session wihtout receiving anything for a non-existent address.
> You see, Exchange does not close an SMTP session when an incoming address is > incorrect. It takes the message into the queue and then checks against the > directory whether the address belongs to a valid user. If the address is not > valid, then it generates an NDR. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:11 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: IMS indicates outgoing from <> appears to be Spam > > > > Forgive me if this is elementary but my question is that if I have tested > and have had others test and verify that my mail servers do not allow > relaying why do I constantly see messages in the IMS Outbound Queue that > show mail is from "<>" to various domains? All of these messages appear to > be Spam. I seriously doubt I have infected machines doing this. > > Exchange 5.5 SP4 on 2k SP3. Any thoughts or direction is appreciated. Thank > you. > > LABD > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang > =english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. > Attn: Discussion List Management > 475 Park Avenue South > New York, NY 10016 > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
