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Default recipient in Exchange 5.5

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I know that in Sendmail you can set up a default recipient so that anyone@domain.com will automatically end up in a single mailbox (i.e. a user that isn't specifically set up will still be received by the administrator). Is there a way to do the same in Exchange 5.5?

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by brasslet

When you install the Internet Mail Connector, you specify a mailbox for receiving notifications of non-delivery reports (commonly referred to as NDRs) and messages delivered to the postmaster. So, messages addressed to your domain without a vaild recipient can go to this mailbox. You can easily configure what kind of NDRs this mailbox receives, or change the mailbox altogether. The notifications that go into this mailbox will contain the original text and any attachments.

1. Open the Exchange Administrator program.

2. Go to the Connections container for the site, then double click on the Internet Mail Service to open its properties. This will open the Internet Mail properties page.

3. If you wish to change the mailbox for NDRs, click on the Change button. You can select any mailbox from your Global Address list to receive these reports. Once you?ve selected a mailbox, click OK and OK again.

4. If you wish to change the notifications the mailbox receives, click on the Notifications button. You can choose to receive all NDRs, or be more specific by clicking the appropriate choices. Click OK, then OK again to close.

5. Stop and restart the Internet Mail Service for your changes to take effect.

by ravomess

This helps so you can see the message but the original sender still gets a NDR and knows that the message didn't reach a normal recipient. Any way to do it so no NDR is sent to the Internet.

by brasslet

No, you are supposed to send an NDR per the RFCs anyway. There is no way to change this behavior in Exchange 5.5.

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