SMTP Inbound Controls fail

Sometimes the SMTP Inbound Controls fail. Specifically, I have noticed the “Verify that local domain recipients exists…” setting completely ignored. For example, today I received an email intended for this person:

SENDTO field = ““Badger” uzstoskhx@earthlink.net

FROM field = ““Belinda” mkoch69@kennzeichen.net

The server does not allow relay.

The email was not masked as being from me so it was not an email that failed its target and was returned to me.

How did the server end up delivering this email to me?

Subject: SMTP Inbound Controls fail

Usually this is caused by BCC delivery. The server removes any evidence of the BCC field on delivery. As this is confusing some users (while it is strict RFC handling) you can configure the server to automatically add the users Name to the BCC field on delivery in the servers configuration document.

Chris