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- From: MCKEEVER@VAX2.CSTP.UMKC.EDU (Brian McKeever)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.networks.tcp-ip.multinet
- Subject: Re: No copy of returned mail for POSTMASTER - help please
- Message-ID: <2020044920AUG92171818@TGV.COM>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 17:18:18 GMT
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- >>On most systems I have used, an undeliverable mail message is returned
- >>to the sender, and a copy of the rejection is also sent to the
- >>'postmaster' of the rejecting host. ...................................
-
- >On most systems that I am familiar with, non-delivery messages are only
- >returned to the sender. If, for any reason, the message cannot be returned
- >to the originator, it is then delivered to the local postmaster.
-
- Unless I did something weird when I installed mine, I think PMDF sends
- bounced mail to Postmaster and the sender by default.
-
- >>........ What has to be done to have an automatic CC: sent to
- >>postmaster? (I might add that no copy is going to SYSTEM instead.)
-
- >............. The behavior you describe is rather questionable from
- >an invasion of privacy standpoint.
-
- Actually, I never thought of this. Since our Postmaster is a paragon of
- virtue with integrity beyond reproach, me ;-), no problems have arisen.
-
- I don't typically read the content of the messages that are bounced. I
- usually stop at the header. I thought it was a good idea to receive a copy
- of bounced mail so I could help to route mail to the intended recipient or
- be aware of problems with the mailer. Kind-of a proactive scheme so I
- could fix things and not have to wait 'til a user told me things didn't
- work. I've also made a mistake and started the mailer when I shouldn't
- have, and have been able to forward the mail I accidentally forced to
- bounce to my users thanks to this feature.
-
- We had a instance today in fact where this came in handy, a user who has
- been playing around was sending out a bogus return address that was causing
- mail to bounce when other users replied to his messages. I wouldn't have
- been able to help him or the users that were trying to reach him if I
- hadn't gotten the bounced mail too.
-
- Anyway, just my 2 cents. Maybe I should ask my users if they want me to
- get their bounced mail.
-
- --Brian
-