Exchange 2000 Badmail problem

[msilka]

My company runs Exchange 2000 Server on Windows 2000 Server.
Since Saturday we keep getting tons of mail in our badmail folder. It is usually addressed to an abritrary name but with out domain name on the back. I.e. xyz@mydomain.com.

How can we just delete these kinds of e-mails. It is filling our folder up quickly and running us out of disk space!!!

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Davetoo]

You could have looked about ten threads down and found a wealth of information:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=725603&SPID=858&page=1

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[msilka]

Thank you for your response.

Yes I did read that thread.

My question is: I deleted the mail from the badmail folder around 10 am this morning (EST). Now, when I checked it, the folder has 300 messages.

I want to know what I can do in order to stop those messages from filling up the folder. They look like they are mostly NDR's because the spammers are sending to made up e-mail addresses. I checked our server and it is not setup as a relay (looked thru tek-tips for that).

Also, if I turn off NDR's for our domains then if I send a message to someone and it is undeliverable, will I receive an NDR?

Thank you

 

[Davetoo]

The badmail folder exists to route any email that is destined for your domain but with an incorrect mailbox name. The only thing you can do is to empty the badmail folder periodically to prevent it from filling up your drive.

You can only control NDR's for your domain. When you send an email to another domain, that admin controls whether or not you'll receive an NDR from his/her domain.

I'm Certifiable, not certified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.