Exchange2003 retired Internet domain name auto-reply message.
I'm using Exchange 2003 and have two domains. domain1.com and domain2.com. Users can receive email from both domains so user@domain1.com and user@domain2.com are both valid. We have retired domain1.com and want to let people know through a reply message that we've retired domain1.com and to use domain2.com.
I removed the domain1.com from users email address but now external people receive a non-delivery message which is not cool. How can tell external people to use domain2.com instead of domain1.com in an automated fashion?
I removed the domain1.com from users email address but now external people receive a non-delivery message which is not cool. How can tell external people to use domain2.com instead of domain1.com in an automated fashion?
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
SOLUTION
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
mario_andres
This is all very true fellows. I have traveled this road. I added a line at the beginning of my disclaimer stating that the company's domain name has changed. My users still have the the old addresses just for NDR's sake....I hate to NDR anything that may be client /customer related.
ASKER
Allow me to clarify.
1. Both addresses are in tact and we're receiving email for both domains.
2. I tried the following solution but it didn't work.
2a. remove address domain2.com from a test user
2b. use MS KB article 295653 to have all NDR's sent to a specific user address of RetiredDomain (that worked just fine)
2c. use MS KB article 291956 and prepared a server-side rule for user RetiredDoman to automatically reply with a specific message (that didn't work).
3. I'm looking for another creative solution like the one I tried above.
Thanks for all replies with ideas,
-Ken
1. Both addresses are in tact and we're receiving email for both domains.
2. I tried the following solution but it didn't work.
2a. remove address domain2.com from a test user
2b. use MS KB article 295653 to have all NDR's sent to a specific user address of RetiredDomain (that worked just fine)
2c. use MS KB article 291956 and prepared a server-side rule for user RetiredDoman to automatically reply with a specific message (that didn't work).
3. I'm looking for another creative solution like the one I tried above.
Thanks for all replies with ideas,
-Ken
if you remove this user's the proxy address the rule will never be tiggered/process. you would have to leave the proxy addressese in place and create a rule to accomplish steps 2b and 2c.
Yes. Stop with all this complex step based stuff.
Just have the recipient policy with both domains and make sure the new domain is primary. That's it. Period. Finish. Do nothing else.
Just have the recipient policy with both domains and make sure the new domain is primary. That's it. Period. Finish. Do nothing else.
ASKER
Czcdct,
You're suggestion is to do nothing at all. Please provide good useful feedback or drop out of the conversation.
You're suggestion is to do nothing at all. Please provide good useful feedback or drop out of the conversation.
You read it wrong. Everyone is telling you to do pretty much nothing at all.
You said:
"I removed the domain1.com from users email address but now external people receive a non-delivery message which is not cool. How can tell external people to use domain2.com instead of domain1.com in an automated fashion"
You must now:
1. Put domain1.com back into the recipient policy and make sure everyone gets the address.
2. Make sure domain1.com is the secondary domain.
3. Make sure everyone's signatures are reflecting the right domain name.
4. Make sure the disclaimer software (whatever you use) has a single liner to state that you're changing your domain name.
That's it.
You should not, as everyone has agreed, do anything with auto replies. As you saw from ArneLovius the other option is very onerous.
You said:
"I removed the domain1.com from users email address but now external people receive a non-delivery message which is not cool. How can tell external people to use domain2.com instead of domain1.com in an automated fashion"
You must now:
1. Put domain1.com back into the recipient policy and make sure everyone gets the address.
2. Make sure domain1.com is the secondary domain.
3. Make sure everyone's signatures are reflecting the right domain name.
4. Make sure the disclaimer software (whatever you use) has a single liner to state that you're changing your domain name.
That's it.
You should not, as everyone has agreed, do anything with auto replies. As you saw from ArneLovius the other option is very onerous.
kucelkj,
It might be usefull if you explained exactly what are you trying to acheive here, and why.
Otherwise you have been provided with two solutions, one to acheive exactly what you have asked for, and another that is the better way of dealing with a domain name change.
It might be usefull if you explained exactly what are you trying to acheive here, and why.
Otherwise you have been provided with two solutions, one to acheive exactly what you have asked for, and another that is the better way of dealing with a domain name change.