Re: Supress Non-Deliverable on Forward

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From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 02/19/05

  • Next message: greenz: "Re: Supress Non-Deliverable on Forward" 
    Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 23:48:53 -0500

    Ian Smith wrote:
    > These guys haven't been willing to spring for BES to date, and I'd
    > need to go with Notify Technology's product as we are a mixed
    > bberry/treo shop.

    Also see www.good.com
    >
    > I found the redirector to be a major pain, particulary since some of
    > these guys use a laptop at their desk and take it with them when they
    > travel, so that means another system for each of them just to run the
    > redirector (suppose I could use virtual systems, but still...)
    >
    > I appreciate what you are saying about the NDR coming from the web
    > server. Just wish it went to the forwarder rather than to the
    > original sender as it would if I manually forwarded from Outlook.

    When you forward from Outlook, the mail comes from the account specified in
    Outlook. When you redirect mail via a forward on the server, the original
    sender info is retained.

    >
    > Think I'll go back to POPing the mail from the exchange server.

    I'd go for a server-side solution if I were you. You run the risk of losing
    mail if you POP. And you won't get wireless calendar, etc., syncing....

    >
    > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
    >
    >> Ian Smith wrote:
    >>> I have some user's mailboxes forwarding a copy of incoming mail to
    >>> other addresses (specifically, to their Blackberry web server email
    >>> address). It appears to work much more reliably than having the
    >>> blackberry web server pop mail off our exchange server. But...
    >>>
    >>> Some of their blackberry mailboxes hit their size quota quite
    >>> regularly. The forward fails, and that sends a non-deliverable
    >>> message back to the original sender, even though the mail was safely
    >>> delivered to the user's exchange mailbox.
    >>>
    >>> Is there a way to supress any message caused by the forwarding of
    >>> the mailbox?
    >>
    >> No, because these NDRs aren't generated by your server at all - so
    >> even disabling NDRs outright wouldn't make any difference. The
    >> Blackberry mail server is sending the NDR directly to the sender.
    >>
    >> I wouldn't use the method you are using anyway - get all the users
    >> using their Exchange mailboxes/addresses on their Blackberry
    >> handhelds, and if you can't swing Blackberry Enteprise Server (they
    >> make a small business edition that supports 5 handhelds, and BES is
    >> definitely the best way to go), you can at least use the included
    >> Desktop Redirector or perhaps the Blackberry Web Client.
    >> Disadvantage, over BES, is that you need to keep the user logged
    >> into that workstation all the time - use a pw-protected screensaver.
    >>
    >> I really prefer BES, but either will work, and both are better than
    >> your current method. With your current method, also, any mail sent
    >> from the BB will not come from their Exchange/company e-mail address
    >> at all.

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