Hmm, just did some testing and they worked fine for me. What was your .ima file and where was it. Did you use the inbound rule generator in IAdmin or just hand-jam a file?
Eric S ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Wolf / CompuService" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:46 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] List does not follow inbound rules... > 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/ > 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/
