[thelist] Exchange 2000 catchall mailbox

[Bill Haenel]

If it's any help, I went through this process about a year ago with my
previous employer trying to accomplish the same thing. People were
constantly sending messages to our domain with misspelled or fictitious
names.

I contacted numerous sources for a solution, and finally determined that
there was no solution. You may be able to write a script or something, but
we never went there.

We ended up putting every misspelling we could think of on everyone's
mailbox. Not efficient, but it solved a majority of the NDR problems. Also,
it was very necessary for us to immediately respond to anyone who would have
gotten a NDR message, to let them know the sky had not fallen after all. We
had Exchange set to notify the Admin by Email when an NDR was generated.

I'd love to have an answer to this myself so I can go back to my previous
employer with it. Maybe that way I could score some points and get some
contract work out of them!

BH


> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org
> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Robert Goodyear
> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:55
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Exchange 2000 catchall mailbox
>
>
>
> > > I can't figure out how to designate a catchall email box in
> Exchange 2000
> > that would
> > > receive mail to unknown users in my mail domain without
> generating the NDR
> > (non-delivery
> > > report) to the sender.
> >
> >
> > 12 hours later - but I see no one else has responded.......
> >
> > With our setup, this is a server function, not an email client function.
>
> Yes, that's what I'm inquiring about: Exchange 2000
>
>   We
> > designate a "default maildrop" thru our host's Control Panel,
> and anything
> > that comes to our domain, but not specifically addressed to a
> name we have
> > set up, defaults/forwards to the designated default mailbox.
>
> Postmaster *does* receive all undeliverable mail, but Exch
> generates an NDR (non-delivery
> report) that goes back to the originator, which isn't exactly graceful.
>
> >
> > You might want to check with your host company, if you're using
> > one.........if you're on your own server, I don't know........
>
> Yes, this is my own server, hence my lack of an answer.
>
> >
> > Sandy
> >
>
>
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