receing nwanted emails, even if user doesnot exit to which it is send

[ShakeelAKhan]

We are getting lot of unwanted emails. Even if it is not addresses to any of existing user, still it get delivered to him. If user does not exist it should not even get into our organization but still it squeezes somehow and get delivered to one of our user. I belive this has to do something with exchange. Any advice from anyone will be highly appreciated.

with best regards


Shakeel

 

[Davetoo]

Recipient is most likely a BCC and it's all spam. Not much you can do other than install a spam filter.

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[ShakeelAKhan]

Spam filter I had already installed and I am able to redirect those emails to another mailbox. But is it possible we can define some thing on exchange that only those emails can enter into organization whose account in defined in active directory and others can be rejected. Thanks for ur advice. Plz see if I can get more help.

I tried testing one email sending it to one user by misspelling his name in our organization. I send it from my yahoo account. It came back like from postmaster delivery failure. Then I send one test message to postmaster of our organization. Message to postmaster is delivered successfully but there is no such account of postmaster in active directory. Where it is delivered and how I can I access it. Any idea.

thanks for ur help.

regards

 

[ShakeelAKhan]

Also is it possible to trace any address in BCC. I mean to say, it is possible from any where to findout if BCC was send to some one and then to whom bcc was send.

thanks

 

[Marcs41]

You can get that info out of the NDR, or check the headers.

Unless you have a seperate spamfilter or SMTP filter set-up BEFORE the Exchange Server, an email will ALWAYS enter the Server, otherwise it would not be able to detect anything anyway.

Marc
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[ShakeelAKhan]

What is NDR? can u plz brief it.

 

[Marcs41]

A Non Delivery Report, check the help or Google for NDR, you'll find tons of information

Marc
[sub]If 'something' 'somewhere' gives 'some' error, expect random guesses or no replies at all.
Free Tip: The F1 Key does NOT destroy your PC![/sub]