RE: POP3 Bounces

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From: John McLagan (JohnMcLagan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/16/05 

Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 19:53:03 -0800

Found it -

IIS -> SMTP Virtual Server Properties -> Messages
Send copy of NDR Report to was set to the first domain
I setup by default.

Hope this helps someone else that is looking for the
same solution.

John

"John McLagan" wrote:

> I use Windows 2003 Standard Edition without Exchange on my public server. It
> uses the pop3 and smtp protocols but just what comes with windows.
>
> It hosts 5 domains currently. No matter what domain gets an email sent to a
> bad address, I get an Undeliverable messages and it lists someone else in the
> to field. Someone else as in someone at a domain I don't host. The sender
> is postmaster@my servername and it tells me in the body that the following
> recipient(s) could not be reached:
>
> non-existant mailbox@my domain.com
>
> It's not a bounce back to me because the user doesn't exist. I sent a test
> email to a bogus account at domain A. Domain A is not my primary email
> domain; it is a customers that I host. I get a message back to the account I
> sent the email from. Undeliverable. I expect that. But then I also get a
> copy of the email to john@domain b.
>
> My email address is not listed in dns as the responsible party. Why am I
> getting a copy of the email also. Shouldn't it just bounce back to the user
> and thats it? Where is this setting?
>
> Thanks in Advance for any assistance.
>
> John
>
>
>
>

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