How to stop mails from unknown user
Hi All
This is my messaging server version.
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./imsimta version
iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built Sep 8 2003)
libimta.so 5.2 HotFix 1.21 (built 18:35:22, Sep 8 2003)
SunOS mum1pp1-a-fixed 5.8 Generic_117350-26 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880
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One of our USER is frequently getting some mails which is not
addressed to him
To say clearly
Our user mail id is (dene@domain1.in)but in the below output
The mail is sent tocamaad1@domain1.inand
The mail is sent from eborapms@brightconcept.com
but i don't know how our user is getting that copy of mail and the user
camaad1 (invalid user) is not avaliable in our domain.
My ques.....
1. How to rectify this problem ?
2. Spamassassin is configured on our servers and i think we have to
tune spamassassin to solve this problem ? can any body tell me
how to tune ?
Check the below output
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Date:
Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:28:17 +0220
From:
Katharine Charles <deborapms@brightconcept.com>
Subject:
Katharine wrote
To:
camaad1@domain1.in
Message-ID:
<01c71230$47857fd0$6c822ecf@deborapms>
MIME-version:
1.0
X-MIMEOLE:
Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
X-Mailer:
Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510
Content-type:
text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2
Content-transfer-encoding:
7bit
X-Priority:
3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-priority:
Normal
Thread-index:
Aca6Q0-'>UFR08/)'7T./Q5?V4@14+==
Original-recipient:
rfc822;dene@domain1.in
X-Mozilla-Status:
8001
X-Mozilla-Status2:
00000000
X-UIDL:
10096-1043648961
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Thanks in Advance
[1864 byte] By [
bsnl-nib] at [2007-11-26 11:49:56]
# 1
A whole bunch of things. . .
1. The version of Messaging you're using, is very, very old. If you do not have a support contract, you should at least download and apply 5.2p2.
2. You do not know if the user was on a "bcc". If so, you should not make any attempt to block such mails. It's perfectly legitimate to send mail with a "bcc", and that makes the mail appear to be "to" everybody but the person getting it.Don't mess with that.
3. If you need to tune SA, I suggest:
A. First update to the most current version. I've just done this,and find a major improvement in capture rate.
B. Turn to the SA user community/forum for help. Those are the experts.
# 3
Hi,
> 1. The version of Messaging you're using, is very,
> very old. If you do not have a support contract, you
> should at least download and apply 5.2p2.
>
> What difference does it makes ? can you explain
> me..
So Jay doesn't have to re-explain this for the thousandth time.
5.2p2 contains hundreds of fixes and can pro-actively fix problems that you may have not hit yet. We always recommend that customers all use up-to-date software if possible. In the same way that you should be patching your Operating System and other applications.
> my ques ...
>
> What will happen if i'm using "dnsverify" keyword in
> TCP local channel ?
> can you explain me ?
Do you mean the dns_verify keyword in the mapping table or the mailfromdnsverify channel keyword?
Either way I recommend you look at the iMS5.2 Admin Guide which explains both of these keywords and how to use them.
Regards,
Shane.
# 4
Hi Jay & Shane,
This mail is received by one of our user called fernsb@domain.in and actually mail is not addressed to him and it is addressed to fernando@domain.in
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FromR&V Company <ggedbdbcagagda@caribbeantourism.com>
Tofernando@domain.in
SubjectReplica and farma store.
DateTue Dec 05 21:40:54 IST 2006
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This user has received many mails and the first two letters(fe) are same in all mails.
My ques....
1) Is it possible to solve this problem by installing the latest patches ?
2) Let me know whether we have to tune the messaging paraneters?
Thanks in Advance
# 6
I've read over your user's complain several times. I honestly don't understand what the problem is, here.
I can send you a mail. If I place your mail address on the "to:" line, you will see that the message is addressed to you.
However, if I address the message to somebody else, and "BCC" you, you will get the message, with the 'somebody else" address on it.
That's just how e-mail is supposed to work. It's not a bug, nor something patches will change.
