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Processing Order
Incoming mail addressed to a valid local address is processed in the following order.
- Alias. IMail Server checks to see if the addressee matches an alias in the destination domain. an alias is considered to be one of the following: standard alias, group alias, program alias, pager alias, beeper alias, fax alias, or a list-server mailing list name.
- If there is a match to a program, beeper, pager, or fax alias, IMail Server executes the program or activates the beeper, pager, or fax.
- If there is a match to a standard or group alias, IMail Server resolves the alias to the appropriate user ID(s), and checks the user ID as described in Step 2.
- If there is a match to a list-server mailing list name, IMail Server processes the mail according to the settings for that list.
- If there is no match to any alias, IMail Server checks the user ID as described in the next step.
- User ID. IMail Server determines if the user ID is valid for the destination domain. If invalid, the mail is returned to the sender. If valid, IMail Sever checks the delivery rules for a list server mailing list as described in the next step.
- Delivery rules for a list- server mailing list.
If the message matches the rule criteria for the list, delivery follows according to that rule. If not, then the message is sent to the list server.
- Forwarding. IMail Server determines whether an address is present in the Forward box on the General tab for the account. If so, IMail Server forwards the mail. If not, the mail is delivered to the user ID according to the established delivery rules.
- Delivery rules for the mail host. IMail Server determines if the message matches a rule for the mail host. If so, then delivery follows according to that rule. If not, then rules for the user ID are checked as described in the next step.
- Delivery rules for the user ID. IMail Server determines if the message matches rule criteria for the user ID.
If the message matches rule criteria for a user ID, then delivery follows according to that rule. If not, then the Info Manager is checked as described in the next step.
- Info Manager. IMail Server determines whether the user ID has the Info Manager enabled. If so, the automatic response is sent and the message is delivered to either the forwarding address or (if no forwarding address) to the sub-area or mailbox specified. If the Info Manager is not enabled for this user ID, the vacation setting is checked as described in the next step.
- Vacation. IMail Server determines whether the user ID has a vacation message enabled. If so, the vacation message is sent.
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