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.