outgoing failure and non-delivery messages from SMTP server..

[Gordon J. Rattray]

Hi there,

I have one machine that I use sparingly as a mass email server.

Of the thousand or so emails that go out from that machine once a month, a
couple of hundred of them are bound to be wrong or changed email addresses.

The SMTP server sends out "Delivery Status Notification (Delay)" and
"Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" messages, soon after the intial
sending of the mass emails.

However, when I turn off the SMTP server, or keep the machine off for a few
days, then I don't get any of those failure/non-delivery messages. But as
soon as I turn on the machine with the SMTP server turned on, it spits out
these failure/non-delivery messages by the hundreds.

What can I do to stop the notification messages from happening?

Thanks,

Gordon

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

Hi there,

I have one machine that I use sparingly as a mass email server.

Of the thousand or so emails that go out from that machine once a
month, a couple of hundred of them are bound to be wrong or changed
email addresses.

The SMTP server sends out "Delivery Status Notification (Delay)" and
"Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" messages, soon after the
intial sending of the mass emails.

However, when I turn off the SMTP server, or keep the machine off for
a few days, then I don't get any of those failure/non-delivery
messages. But as soon as I turn on the machine with the SMTP server
turned on, it spits out these failure/non-delivery messages by the
hundreds.

What can I do to stop the notification messages from happening?

Thanks,

Gordon

Disable NDRs - or get something like Lyris/Majordomo that can handle this
more gracefully. I'd go for the latter, if you need thousand-odd-recipient
mass mailings...

 

[Gordon J. Rattray]

Hi Lawrence,

I can't see where to disable the NDR's....

Any ideas?

Gordon

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

 

[Ben M. Schorr - MVP]

Actually that's "Lanwench" but where you turn off NDR's will depend upon
what kind of server you're using. Is it an Exchange Server? Sendmail?
Other?

Hi Lawrence,

I can't see where to disable the NDR's....

Any ideas?

Gordon

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message

In

Disable NDRs - or get something like Lyris/Majordomo that can handle
this
more gracefully. I'd go for the latter, if you need
thousand-odd-recipient
mass mailings...

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm

 

[Gordon J. Rattray]

Hi Lanwrench!

So, yeah, it's the SMTP server that comes with XP Pro.... I can't find
anywhere to turn off the NDR's....

Thanks,

Gordon

Actually that's "Lanwench" but where you turn off NDR's will depend upon
what kind of server you're using. Is it an Exchange Server? Sendmail?
Other?

Hi Lawrence,

I can't see where to disable the NDR's....

Any ideas?

Gordon

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message

In Gordon J. Rattray <[email protected]> typed:
Hi there,

I have one machine that I use sparingly as a mass email server.

Of the thousand or so emails that go out from that machine once a
month, a couple of hundred of them are bound to be wrong or changed
email addresses.

The SMTP server sends out "Delivery Status Notification (Delay)" and
"Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" messages, soon after the
intial sending of the mass emails.

However, when I turn off the SMTP server, or keep the machine off for
a few days, then I don't get any of those failure/non-delivery
messages. But as soon as I turn on the machine with the SMTP server
turned on, it spits out these failure/non-delivery messages by the
hundreds.

What can I do to stop the notification messages from happening?

Thanks,

Gordon

Disable NDRs - or get something like Lyris/Majordomo that can handle
this
more gracefully. I'd go for the latter, if you need
thousand-odd-recipient
mass mailings...

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

In

Hi Lanwrench!

So, yeah, it's the SMTP server that comes with XP Pro.... I can't find
anywhere to turn off the NDR's....

That's an IIS thing - I don't know if it's even possible - it's not very
configurable.

The SMTP server isn't really part of the OS. Try a group for IIS.

Thanks,

Gordon

Actually that's "Lanwench" but where you turn off NDR's will depend
upon what kind of server you're using. Is it an Exchange Server?
Sendmail? Other?

Hi Lawrence,

I can't see where to disable the NDR's....

Any ideas?

Gordon

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
message


In Gordon J. Rattray <[email protected]> typed:
Hi there,

I have one machine that I use sparingly as a mass email server.

Of the thousand or so emails that go out from that machine once a
month, a couple of hundred of them are bound to be wrong or
changed email addresses.

The SMTP server sends out "Delivery Status Notification (Delay)"
and "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" messages, soon after
the intial sending of the mass emails.

However, when I turn off the SMTP server, or keep the machine off
for a few days, then I don't get any of those failure/non-delivery
messages. But as soon as I turn on the machine with the SMTP
server turned on, it spits out these failure/non-delivery
messages by the hundreds.

What can I do to stop the notification messages from happening?

Thanks,

Gordon

Disable NDRs - or get something like Lyris/Majordomo that can
handle this
more gracefully. I'd go for the latter, if you need
thousand-odd-recipient
mass mailings...

--
-Ben-
Ben M. Schorr, MVP-OneNote/Outlook
Operations Coordinator
Stockholm/KSG - Honolulu
Microsoft Outlook FAQ: http://www.factplace.com/outlook.htm