SMTP: Postmaster Account Important to Track Mail Errors

Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
Article ID: Q135034

3.00 MS-DOS kb3rdparty kbenv

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Mail Gateway to SMTP, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

When the defined Smarthost for the SMTP Gateway recognizes problems with mail transfer or with delivering messages, a mail warning or status report will be sent to the Postmaster account of the Microsoft Mail system.

If no Postmaster account is present, the address gets replaced with chevrons (<>) so that the message gets delivered to the Admin account on the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks postoffice, instead of being bounced between systems.

MORE INFORMATION

By creating a Postmaster account on the Microsoft Mail system, these messages will be delivered to that account for observation. These messages can then be used to help determine the cause of problems with the message transfer between systems.

Additional reference words: 3.00 failure error report
KBCategory: kb3rdparty kbenv
KBSubcategory: MailGWSMTP

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Last reviewed: October 20, 1997
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