Unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server
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Unable to connect successfully to the destination mail server
Hello there,
I was checking the mailroot/Queue folder on my mail server and found quite a good number of .eml files struck in there.
For many messages in the Queue folder, eml file says -
'This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
Unable to deliver message to the following recipients, due to being unable to
connect successfully to the destination mail server.
xxx_at_hotmail.co
'
Though it's quite clear that it is because of the wrong email address with 'uk' missing from end of email address.
What can I do to remove this message from queue folder so that mail server doesn't keep on trying to send such messages with wrong email addresses?
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It is an SMTP server.
Also, I don't want to run any command manually, but wondering if there is any setting that I can change so I can stop mail server trying re-sending mail to wrong email addresses.
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Originally Posted by iniki
It is an SMTP server.
Also, I don't want to run any command manually, but wondering if there is any setting that I can change so I can stop mail server trying re-sending mail to wrong email addresses.
I know it's an SMTP server, but which one? Postfix... Sendmail... Qmail... something else? Each mail server has their own set of configuration options.
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The problem isn't the mail server it's your client program sending invalid email addresses.
The messages you describe in the Queue folder apparently are bounce messages.
You can look through the IIS SMTP settings and see if there is a way to turn off these bounce messages, but if there is, and you do, how would you know you have a problem somewhere?
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