Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Incorrect NDR message from Exchange 2007 server?

Recently I was trying to email a user whose account was recently deleted. Instead of the usual error:

#550 5.1.1 RESOLVER.ADR.RecipNotFound; not found ##


I got a "Not Authorized" error instead"

#550 5.7.1 RESOLVER.RST.NotAuthorized; not authorized ##


Turned out the account was recently deleted, and my company has a policy of moving a deleted account into a "Obsolete User" AD container for 35 days before permanently purging the AD account.

The NDR message is definitely inaccurate.

Is this another of Microsoft's fault or lazy/mis-configuration from the Exchange folks?

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