Question: I included a email alias for a while and then I deleted but I am still getting mail address to that alias. Should it be rejecting the email since it no longer exist? If there something else that I need to do to make sure it's removed. The alias name no longer exist in the email alias file.

Thanks
Phil

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Re: Mail Alias
By: Plt to All on Wed Jan 09 2019 12:41:48

Question: I included a email alias for a while and then I deleted but I am still getting mail address to that alias. Should it be rejecting the email since it no longer exist? If there something else that I need to do to make sure it's removed. The alias name no longer exist in the email alias

Maybe take a look at ctrl/alias.cfg and see if any of the rules in there might be redirecting these messages to you. They may be getting picked up by a rule with wildcards in it or something.

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Re: Mail Alias
By: Plt to All on Wed Jan 09 2019 12:41 pm

Question: I included a email alias for a while and then I deleted but I am still getting mail address to that alias. Should it be rejecting the email since it no longer exist? If there something else that I need to do to make sure it's removed. The alias name no longer exist in the email alias file.

Look at your mail server log output to see what's going on. It sounds like you might have the Default Recipient/User option set, in which case you would see a log entry like this when mail is received for an unknown user and sent to the default recipient instead:
Forwarding mail for UNKNOWN USER to default user

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Re: Mail Alias
By: echicken to Plt on Wed Jan 09 2019 13:17:07

Re: Mail Alias
By: Plt to All on Wed Jan 09 2019 12:41:48

Question: I included a email alias for a while and then I deleted but I am still getting mail address to that alias. Should it be rejecting the email since it no longer exist? If there something else that I need to do to make sure it's removed. The alias name no longer exist in the email alias

Maybe take a look at ctrl/alias.cfg and see if any of the rules in there might be redirecting these messages to you. They may be getting picked up by a rule with wildcards in it or something.

The file includes only two individual users and the one that is accepting mail no longer exist in that file.

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Re: Mail Alias
By: Digital Man to Plt on Wed Jan 09 2019 17:56:55

Re: Mail Alias
By: Plt to All on Wed Jan 09 2019 12:41 pm

Question: I included a email alias for a while and then I deleted but I am still getting mail address to that alias. Should it be rejecting the email since it no longer exist? If there something else that I need to do to make sure it's removed. The alias name no longer exist in the email alias file.

Look at your mail server log output to see what's going on. It sounds like you might have the Default Recipient/User option set, in which case you would see a log entry like this when mail is received for an unknown user and sent to the default recipient instead:
Forwarding mail for UNKNOWN USER to default user

digital man

If I leave the Unknown field blank in the config will that work?

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Re: Mail Alias
By: Plt to Digital Man on Thu Jan 10 2019 02:50 am

Look at your mail server log output to see what's going on. It sounds like you might have the Default Recipient/User option set, in which case you would see a log entry like this when mail is received for an unknown user and sent to the default recipient instead:
Forwarding mail for UNKNOWN USER to default user

digital man

If I leave the Unknown field blank in the config will that work?

If you are referring to the DefaultUser value in the [mail] section of your ctrl/sbbs.ini file, yes, the default is blank:

[Mail] SMTP/POP3 Mail Server
DefaultUser=

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