TD,
No, IMail will not send to the postmaster any message about this
non-acceptance of the email. If you want that information, you would have to
check the log file, looking for the 'invalid user' message sent back to the
sending server.
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Techdog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:57 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Postmaster account
> >IMail will not (normally) accept mis-addressed email. IMails SMTP
> >will tell the sending server, 'user name is invalid' when that
> >message delivery is attempted. So IMail is working exactly as it
> >should. The server should _not_ accept a message for an invalid user.
>
> No, no... thats not what I am saying. I WANT the message to bounce, I just
> want notified that a message bounced sent to the postmaster account. That
> way we monitor bounces and stay knowledgeable about what is happening in
our
> system.
>
> The EMWAC IMS server we have been using for quite a while sends notices to
> the postmaster account about ALL bounced mail, I just wanted to know if
> IMail could do that too. It has really been VERY helpful in
troubleshooting.
>
> Any other ideas anyone??? Is this the normal way postmaster accounts work?
>
> TD.
>
>
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