Re: 2nd post -" mail from <>"

From: Mark Arnold [MVP] (mark_at_mvps.org)
Date: 02/10/04 

Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 20:33:06 +0000

The <> characters are the standard ones for NDR

"mmac" <no@thank.you> wrote:

>Running ex5.5 and I also have a ex2k server running with no one on it yet.
>
>I get a bunch of these entries in the event log of the 5.5 machine all the
>time and I wonder if there is something that needs to be adjusted to stop
>it. Having just recovered from a corruption I am really sensitive to any
>anomilies at this point!
>
>"The following message could not be delivered. The destination server
>reported: 552 MessageWall: SMTP/REJECT: This address does not accept mail
>From: <> Subject: Undeliverable: Get your prescripti[on delivered to your
>door! "
>
>Obviously junkmail, I am assuming that someone, somewhere, probably
>unrelated to my domain sent a message to a server using my domain name in
>the "reply to" and that server bounced it.
> If that is the case why is it in the event log and not simply a message
>sent to the postmaster (me)?
>
>Or am I wrong?
>as a side note I DO have a bunch of junk in the queue all the time but I
>have tested bothe servers for being an open relay and I'm not. How does it
>get there?
>

Mark Arnold MCSA MCSE+M MVP, mark@mvps.org
FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exchange.htm &
http:http://www.swinc.com/resource/e2kfaq.htm

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