How to NDR on SPAM's

[liorz66]

Can any one suggest a way not to send NDR's on SPAM. I mean when a SPAM is sent to a non-exists recipient, the EX postmaster send NDR to to source (spammer) with <> as originator.

 

[Marcs41]

Don't send NDR's at all, ever. That is just one of the things spammer us.
Disable all autoreplies etc. to the internet in your internet connector

Marc
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[devastator]

Go into Exchange Admin, IMS, and turn off notifications.

 

[liorz66]

Auto response is turned off since the EX was installed.
Notifications are set to minimum - message time out and protocol error are the only enabled notifications.


thanks anyway
LZ

 

[devastator]

Try unchecking those anyway and see what happens. Uncheck send any notifications and remove the mailbox for notifications. I did the same thing you did and still sent out NDR's. It wasn't until I unchecked everything and restarted the IMS service that it worked. Come to think of it maybe I never restarted the IMS after I set my notifications to minimum..............

 

[liorz66]

Ok
I left the last 2 as I wrote before.
I'll wait till tomorrow at the most and update.

tx

LZ

 

[liorz66]

Well devastator,
Now there are no notifications at all.
Of course the NDRs to the spammers conrinue. I have opened those mails and it was sent from my postmaster to the unreachable sender specifying that someone@mydomain.com is not a valid recipient.

LZ

 

[AccUser]

Have you solved your problem yet? I am in similar situation. I use Exch5.5SP4 with Outlook clients. Outlook clients are using Out-of-Office Assistant. Do I NEED to have Auto Reply ON in order for Out-of-Office to work?

If I do, that's a bummer because I would like to disable it.

 

[devastator]

One thing you do not want to allow is OOO out to the Internet. Spam will come in and then get notified that this is a legit email address.

Can turn that on or off in the exchange admin under IMS, Internet Mail, Advanced options but I recommend leaving it off.

 

[Marcs41]

AccUser, if your OOO to the internet is OFF, internal OOO will still work, just not to the outside.

Marc
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