TAGDmedia.net
Search  
Glossary    Contact Us
TAGDmedia :: Support KnowledgeBase .: Email .: Customize Email Handling to Non-Existent Users

Customize Email Handling to Non-Existent Users

When somebody sends an e-mail message to an e-mail address that does not exist under your domain, the mail server, by default accepts mail, processes it, and when it finds out that there is no such a recipient under the domain, it returns the mail back to sender with the "this address no longer accepts mail" notice.

Setting Up Site-Wide Preferences for Handling Mail to Nonexistent Users (Mail Bounce)

To customize these options, login to Plesk >> Domains >> Mail >> Preferences

You can choose to:

  • Change the default notice if you do not like it,
  • Forward all such mail to the desired e-mail address,
  • Reject such mail without accepting it and without notifying senders.

    This setting can decrease mail server load caused by a large amount of spam, which is often sent to randomly generated user names. However, for spammers, this can somewhat speed up scanning your mail server for valid e-mail addresses.



How helpful was this article to you?

Related Articles

article Creating Email Accounts in Plesk Control Panel
Steps to Setup Your Hosting Email Accounts1....

  10-9-2007    Views: 1578   
article How to Configure Email Spam Filtering in Plesk
Are You Finally Stocked Up on Viagra? ...

  3-6-2008    Views: 3827   
article Maximum Email Message Size
The mail server imposes limitations on the...

(No rating)  10-11-2007    Views: 581