Hi,We have exchange 2003 running on windows 2k server. When we disable the user account, still other users are able to send email to his account. previosly when we disabled the a/c & if anybody send mail to disabled a/c, users will get NDR report.Kindly advise.

Disabled accounts receive email if you have KB903158hotfix installed on Exchange Server. You may follow below article to stop receiving mail by applying message restriction... Disabled mailboxes: Can they really receive email? http://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/12/disabled-mailboxes-can-they-really.html Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA, MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

Hi Amit,The link which you have given is mention about activating the receiving the mails after account disabled. while in my case its revert, I dont want disabled users to received the emails.Regards,Chetan Vora

Hey Chetan, Scroll it down bit more :) See section "But what if I don't want disabled accounts to receive email?" to configure user account and stop receiving emails... You need to set restriction in ADUC | User -> properties | Exchange General tab to accept emails only from a blank dummy no member distribution list and stop from other valid accounts. Amit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA, MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com

Hi Amit,we were not doing any above settings after disabling the account previosly. it was automatic stop delivering email to disable users.I can understand there r lots of other way to do this.See if you can suggest me something automate process which will stop receiving the email after disabling the account

Yes, you would have installed KB903158 hotfix or any other patches which have updated main Exchange Store engine "store.exe" with 6.5.7234.3 or later version and that is the reason now it requires to do above settings. If you know VBScripting then you may create and schedule a script to search for recently disabled user account in AD and set the mentioned settings automatically for you. You may try to get help on VBscripting in development forum... Exchange Server TechCenter>Exchange Server Forums>DevelopmentAmit Tank | MVP Exchange Server | MCITP: EMA, MCSA: M | http://ExchangeShare.WordPress.com