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I basically just want it to show the server default email address so if someone accidently hits reply back to an anonymous email message it will go back to the server or not send an error message. I assumed the server would have some sort of default email address?
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Re: Re: Re: Sending anonymous email address
by liz (Monsignor) on Oct 03, 2003 at 13:37 UTC
    Whether the server has a "default email address" depends entirely on its configuration.

    E.g. if the server does not have an SMTP server running, the server will not accept any mail being sent to it, period.

    If you want to do the "good" thing (in my opinion), you need to configure an email address (not necessarily on that server) to which bounced and/or replied email will be returned. And particularly, have a real person monitor the "replied" mails (possibly with a filter to filter out bounces to Reply-To). As responsible people, you (or your employer / client) should know if someone e.g. does not wish to receive any more emails from your service and act on it.

    Liz

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Re: Re: Re: Sending anonymous email address
by barrd (Canon) on Oct 03, 2003 at 13:42 UTC
    Hi AM,
    OK, sorry I was a bit tetchy there (trying to quit the evil weed). If you're using apache as your web server, look up its httpd.conf file and look for the ServerAdmin directive. You'll see something similar to: 
    # ServerAdmin: Your address, where problems with the server should be
# e-mailed.
ServerAdmin foo@bar.com

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    update: Though of course liz's response above is far more sane... :)

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