Yes, I have 7.13 and I'm not sure why they have those inbound rules on the list. They don't work for me anyway.
Yes, I've tried that setting. No luck. -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] List does not follow inbound rules... > How about an Inbound rule on the list itself. this is available in v7.13 > > Eric S > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Wolf / CompuService" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:34 AM > Subject: [IMail Forum] List does not follow inbound rules... > > > > Imail 7.13 list problem: > > > > I have a list that we'll call the "abcd_forum" here. I dislike return > > receipt or read receipt requests to my lists and want to block them. I > see > > that most of those requests follow one of two formats in the message > header > > so I create an inbound rule for the list that forwards the message to > > another mailbox if the message contains a return receipt request. Seems > > simple enough. The mailbox it is forwarded to has an Auto Response > message > > that bounces back to the sender telling them to remove the receipt request > > and re-post the message. Simple enough? It doesn't work! > > > > It seems that since the list address is an alias instead of a user the > > inbound rules are not checked. An inbound rule on a list just doesn't > work. > > To test this I created a user that forwards incoming messages to the list > > alias.. like this: username "abcd" forwards all messages to the list > alias > > "abcd_forum". I then changed my rules to be inbound domain processing > > rules. If I post a message to "abcd" it is distributed to "abcd_forum" > > properly, and if I send a message requesting a return receipt to the > "abcd" > > user it is bounced back as I desire. If I do the same exact process but > > send to the "abcd_forum" address the second message doesn't get bounced > and > > does get posted to the list with the return receipt request. I have the > > inbound rule in both the domain processing and list rules. No go. > > > > Then my next thought would be to get all the users to post to the username > > "abcd" instead of the list alias "abcd_forum" and my rule would then work. > > The problem is that when the list actually sends out the messages the > reply > > to: in the header is to the list alias "abcd_forum" and not the user > "abcd". > > My work around is foiled by this "reply to" problem. Even if the message > is > > sent to the user "abcd" when the message comes out of the list the reply > to > > will be set to "abcd_forum" instead of just "abcd" and that message will > not > > be checked if the user replies to that message. > > > > Has anyone found a way to bounce back messages to a list that request a > > return receipt? I can do it 'half way', but that's all. > > > > Appreciate your help! > > > > -Joe > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
