We are finalizing a new release of iMS that addresses this issue.  Once it has 
gone through testing it will be released.  Also, the server does report 
malformed addresses in ReportPostStatus.

Regards,

Howie

--- On Monday, November 08, 2004 10:17 AM, Dharmendar Kumar scribed: ---
>
> Hi Howie,
> 
> Did IMS ever get to introduce the functionality of executing
> ReportPostStatus.cfm even in cases where there is no connection with
> the 
> receiving server? ie when there is a "SOCKET ERROR: Connection
> refused". See conversation below...
> 
> Also, the POST server does not even try to send emails to malformed
> email 
> addresses. Is there a way to return the malformed email addresses?
> mayeb 
> with a status like "BADEMAIL" or something like that?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> DK
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 3:24 PM
> To: inFusion Support List
> Subject: Re: [iMS] "socket error" in log file
> 
> 
> Answers below.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dharmendar Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "inFusion Support List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 2:34 PM
> Subject: [iMS] "socket error" in log file
> 
> 
>> I found the following entry in the POST log file. I was looking at
>> some emails that never got through and that were also never reported
>> as FAILED 
> by
>> IMS.
>> 
>> 06/14/2004 10:28:57 AM [804] WARNING: SOCKET ERROR2: (Sock Connect)
> [10061]
>> Connection refused [smilecare.com] (smtp.smilecare.com)
>> 
>> What does the above entry mean?
> 
> It means that there was no smtp server listening at that address. 
> This 
> means that the smtp server is down or port 25 is being blocked
> somewhere. 
> 
>> and why didnt IMS report back to the
>> REPORTPOSTSTATUS.cfm file that emails to this domain failed.
> 
> This situation is not considered a delivery attempt since the
> connection to 
> the other server was never actually established.  Usually, when a
> problem 
> like this occurs there are other email servers designated in the MX
> for the 
> domain.  In this case there are two other servers designated for this
> domain 
> and iMS should then attempt to send the mail to one of those alternate
> servers.
> 
>> Is there any
>> way of enabling this?
>> 
> 
> Currently no. If iMS cannot connect to any of the designated servers
> then 
> the mail will be retried and ReportPostStatus is not executed.  If
> you need ReportPostStatus to be called in this situation then we can
> add this 
> functionality in a future release.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Howie
> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> DK
>> 
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