Re: Disabled Account [WILDPACKET]

Thank you Ben for your response.



"Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:

> Well, I'm not saying that disabled accounts can't receive e-mail period, I'm
> just saying that by default, when you disable an account, NDR's are
> immediately generated. The reason is that when you disable an account, it
> no longer has a valid Master Account SID. There are ways around this to
> enable disabled accounts to receive e-mail.
>
> As far as the administrator account, I suppose it probably depends on if the
> postmaster@ address is assigned to it. If it is, then I would not enable
> e-mail from only authenticated users. If not, then it's probably fine, but
> should be tested.
>
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>
>
> "WILDPACKET" <WILDPACKET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:BA6825D5-163A-4379-941D-6B35CFE60ABD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Thanks gentlemen for the response and information.
> >
> > Yes, POSTINI automatically creates those accounts when e-mail is sent to
> > the
> > disabled accounts. I'll check with POSTINI.
> >
> > Second, I personally have seen e-mail being delivered to disabled
> > accounts,
> > do not know the reason, why.
> >
> > So not sure whether to configure the Administrator mailbox to receive
> > e-mail
> > from authenticated users only????
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "Ben Winzenz [Exchange MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> By default, disabled account cannot receive e-mails. Or, rather,
> >> Exchange
> >> cannot deliver e-mails to them. E-mail sent to a disabled account will
> >> immediately NDR.
> >>
> >> If you remove the mailbox from Postini, are you saying it automatically
> >> shows up again just because someone sends mail to that address? Sounds
> >> more
> >> like a Postini issue.
> >>
> >> Is there an issue that you are trying to resolve related to this
> >> question?
> >> If there is, can you provide more details?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Ben Winzenz
> >> Exchange MVP
> >> MessageOne
> >> Read my blog!
> >> http://winzenz.blogspot.com
> >>
> >>
> >> "WILDPACKET" <WILDPACKET@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:1F179DCC-382A-474E-91CF-ABE4119630EB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Why do disabled accounts receive e-mails????
> >> >
> >> > Some say yes they will receive and some say they should not receive,
> >> > quite
> >> > conflicting information I find on the net.
> >> >
> >> > Please advise.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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