RE: Notification Inbound Mail

[Martin Blackstone]

Title: Message

I'm kind of a "kickin west side style" and beer guy....when im not watching TV. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Higgins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 1:36 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail Wow... and I think William is a guru...   But I don't leave breathe and eat Exchange like William does...   I am more of a overall mail guy... when I am not working with EMC Enterprise Storage Networks...       -----Original Message----- From: Diane Beckham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 13:35 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail Yes you are William, both you and Bill!  Since you both told the list about this awhile back, I'm happy and even more wonderful is that my boss is happy.  BTW, I'm with Ray, I only do this to really old users who I know are only getting spamm.  Anyone who is still sending spamm to a person after they have left a company over 6 months, deserves to be dropped into a "blackhole".   Diane -----Original Message----- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:27 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail It's a well-known Exchange Server black hole.    I prefer to actually address the emails in case there is that one important message....   William "not a guru" Lefkovics   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:24 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail Apparently they just "disappear".  Haven't had an Exchange guru yet contradict that.    -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:05 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail How do they just "disappear"?  Don't they fill up a mailbox somewhere?  Sorry for the stupid question.  I currently receive all "bounced" email, and have set up a rule in my Outlook to just forward ex-employee email to my Deleted Items folder.  I like the idea of a DL, though I don't understand where the emails go.  Do they just bounce?     Pat Smith Systems Administrator FishNet Security 816.421.6611   http://www.fishnetsecurity.com/     -----Original Message----- From: Diane Beckham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:25 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail   YES!  I use this [1] and it is wonderful!!!  No more email's for users who have been gone for 2 years!   Diane   [1]  Thanks for the tip Bill Higgins! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:02 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Notification Inbound Mail It's one of those great discussions.  I personally try to unsubscribe to as many as I can.  Sometimes you can "view source" and go right to the unsub screen.  If the e-mails shouldn't be going to someone else (like their replacement, manager,etc.) you can create a DL called "Ex-employees" and add the addresses to the smtp address list.  They just "disappear".   -----Original Message----- From: Sethi, Ali [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 11:59 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Notification Inbound Mail   Hello, We have deleted approximately 100 mailboxes that belonged to former employees.  Our "administrator" mailbox usually received all Inbound mail failures.  Many of these email failures are due to users subscribing to various email services like horoscopes, daily sports news, marketing news, job news etc.  Is there a way to block these emails from evening entering our Exchange server?  We get a ton of Inbound Failure messages everyday and 99percent of them are just useless listings that former employees had subscribed to.  What is the best way to prevent these Inbound Mail Failure messages?  Do you recommend putting all of these email address in Message Filtering?  Is there a better option? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Exchange 5.5 sp4 on windows 2k sp1 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm