How do I setup "noreply" address in mail

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How do I setup "noreply" address in mail

Good morning,

We use FileMaker to create and modify service tickets. When a customer does not pickup their repair after 90, we are under obligation to send an abandonment warning letting them know we no longer intend to harbor their property and they are at risk of having it disposed.

We would like to create a noreply@mail.domain.com address that would be the sending account for these. Of course, as a no-reply address, we'd like to be sure we're not receiving email on this account.

I presume there is a very simple way to do this, but for the life of me, I can't see very far in the server GUI past the colorful off/on toggle.

Is this done through a postfix command?

Any help you can offer would be appreciated

Thanks

Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Server 5.0.15

Posted on Jan 30, 2016 7:46 AM

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Answer 1

MrHoffman

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Jan 30, 2016 10:10 AM in response to lebaowth

Use your mail client and set a bogus return address in that. (It's easy to set multiple from addresses, and the Apple mail client will let you select one from a list. Mail > Preferences > Accounts > select account > add additional comma-separated return addresses into the field.) Or have whatever software is generating your tickets set to show a bogus return address.

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Linc Davis

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Jan 30, 2016 4:27 PM in response to lebaowth

If you use a fake reply address, the sender will get a bounce message, which is probably not what you want (and shouldn't be.)

Modify the procedure linked below to take into account the fact that the configuration base path in Server is /Library/Server/Mail/Config/postfix, not /etc/postfix. Test before deploying.

http://www.serverwatch.com/columns/article.php/3844371/Forwarding-a-Postfix-Virt ual-Alias-to-devnull.htm

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