I was able to solve this problem using Declude JunkMail. There doesn't appear to be any way to make it work with just Imail, but the Declude product works great for this issue.
Thanks to all for your help! -Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:08 PM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] List does not follow inbound rules... > I got the 1st part to work > > Rules.ima file in the named list folder under lists folder contains: > > H~Notification-To:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This caught every message that had a "read" receipt request on it. I am not > sure you will be able to catch the server side request as I don't believe > the NOTIFY=Failure,Delay is internal to the message. I think it is part of > the SMTP conversation and therefore cannot be searched for. > > The return message from the Info manager goes to the listname-owner as that > is the address it was forwarded from not the original poster. I tried both > respond to sender and respond to list and neither one works for the infobot. > Can't think of a way to directly do this with IMail just yet. > > Eric S > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Shanbrom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] List does not follow inbound rules... > > > > 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/ > > > > > 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/
