You can argue both ways. But for the sake of simplicity, just tell him that it did come from MSN. If he needs a detailed explanation, then you need to explain to him the way that mail works. The message goes to your server, which then attempts to contact the remote server (MSN in this case). It tells the remote server who the mail is coming from, and the address it is sending to, at which point, in this case, the MSN server responded back, saying, that recipient address is invalid, or doesn't exist here, or something similar, however you want to understand it. It then says I can't accept the message because you are attempting to send to a recipient I don't recognize, and rejects the message. Then, your server returns the response from the System Administrator to the originator (your boss), stating that I attempted to deliver the message to the requested recipient, and failed. Is that a better explanation? If you want to see how it works, then open up a telnet session to your mail server (or a remote mail server for that matter) and get familiar with the commands. That is all mail servers do to talk to each other.
Ben Winzenz, MCSE Network/Systems Administrator Peregrine Systems -----Original Message----- From: Callan, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:22 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Weird Error I understand that, but the response my boss received led him to believe he received the ndr from our internal server. -----Original Message----- From: Hunter, Lori [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:22 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Weird Error That is the MSN sys admin message. They're not people you know, it's all computers talking to each other. -----Original Message----- From: Callan, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:12 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Weird Error But why wouldn't it just send it to MSN, and then have the MSN Sys Admin send me a message telling me the account doesn't exist. -----Original Message----- From: Hunter, Lori [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 2:13 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Weird Error Because your server tried to send the mail and it failed with user unknown. MSN thought you'd like to know. -----Original Message----- From: Callan, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:08 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Weird Error My boss sent an e-mail to a msn.com account. but this is the error message he received back. Why would this becoming from my System Administrator? Your message did not reach some or all of the intended recipients. Subject: Sent: 1/4/2002 2:06 PM The following recipient(s) could not be reached: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' on 1/4/2002 2:06 PM The recipient name is not recognized The MTS-ID of the original message is: c=US;a= ;p=Finlay Fine Jewe;l=MAIL-MO-1-020104190541Z-15960 MSEXCH:IMS:Finlay Fine Jewelry Corp.:FINLAY-NATION:MAIL-MO-1 3550 (000B09AA) 550 5.1.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] User unknown _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
