Is there a way to have Apache James send an undeliverable email to a default email of some sort if the address is undeliverable for whatever reason? If storing the mail folders in a database, having some other sort of mechanism for collecting undeliverable email would be even better, but I assume having a n email bounced back is my most likely bet. Am I missing a configuration option of some sort? I am using James 2.3.2.
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Check this link http://wiki.apache.org/james/HelpOnConfiguration/EmailSupport Create a general mail id and configure mail_from This value is used for the "From:" header in the emails sent, if no better value is known. So if the user replies it comes back to this generic email box.
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This doesn't seem to solve my problem. I can successfully send mail from a user, but if the to address is not a real email, it does not send an undeliverable email back to that users inbox. Not sure if this is something built into James, or if its something I have to handle on my own. – ryandlf Aug 14 '12 at 04:41
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Please check this notes http://wiki.apache.org/james/JamesDocumentationNotes Why does it take 30 hours to get a bounce message? Check also this link http://james.apache.org/server/archive/configuration_v2_0.html – Vijju Aug 14 '12 at 04:49
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So in 30 hours I should receive a message in the users inbox stating it was undeliverable? – ryandlf Aug 14 '12 at 05:06
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1It states "If it is a permanent error (like no user or mailbox is full), then the bounce will come back immediately." Doesn't this mean the bounce back should happen immediately? – ryandlf Aug 14 '12 at 05:15
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I think what you do is to just let bounces come back to whomever the sender is, that's standard. Why would you want to change that default behavior? – Thufir Aug 17 '12 at 04:39
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Vijetha is right, it just takes 30 hours to get the bounce back, but James is in fact set up to bounce undeliverable emails automatically. – ryandlf Aug 18 '12 at 16:34