Notes delivers mail to firstname@domain.com

[Database Administrator]

We have Lotus Domino 7.0.3, and one of our users started to get some UCE
from various locations. All of our Lotus Notes Users receive mail as
"Firstname_Lastname@domain.com". This one user is getting the emails
that are just addressed to "Firstname@domain.com".

The user's name is Kevin O'Keefe (note the apostrophe). In his person
document in the NAB, he has 2 usernames:

Kevin O'Keefe/org
Kevin O'Keefe

There is nothing under Alternate name, and the short name only contains
KO'Keefe.

I figure there must be some configuration option that would allow users
to receive email by their first name only, but I have no idea where it
would be located, or what it would be called. Does anyone have any idea?

Thanks.

[Database Administrator]

By default, addresses are matched against the $Users view, and that view
includes first name as one of the indexed values. When SMTP mail is
delivered to a server, it first attempt to match against
name@domain.com, and if no match, then looks for just the local part. In
this case "kevin". Most likely your kevin is the first one found in the
$Users view.

Tim Mohrlant

Matt Fries wrote:
> We have Lotus Domino 7.0.3, and one of our users started to get some UCE
> from various locations. All of our Lotus Notes Users receive mail as
> "Firstname_Lastname@domain.com". This one user is getting the emails
> that are just addressed to "Firstname@domain.com".
>
> The user's name is Kevin O'Keefe (note the apostrophe). In his person
> document in the NAB, he has 2 usernames:
>
> Kevin O'Keefe/org
> Kevin O'Keefe
>
> There is nothing under Alternate name, and the short name only contains
> KO'Keefe.
>
> I figure there must be some configuration option that would allow users
> to receive email by their first name only, but I have no idea where it
> would be located, or what it would be called. Does anyone have any idea?
>
> Thanks.

[Database Administrator]

"Matt Fries" wrote in message
news:COydnSliS4-5alrVnZ2dnUVZ_sjinZ2d@posted.visi...
> We have Lotus Domino 7.0.3, and one of our users started to get some UCE
> from various locations. All of our Lotus Notes Users receive mail as
> "Firstname_Lastname@domain.com". This one user is getting the emails that
> are just addressed to "Firstname@domain.com".
>
> The user's name is Kevin O'Keefe (note the apostrophe). In his person
> document in the NAB, he has 2 usernames:
>
> Kevin O'Keefe/org
> Kevin O'Keefe
>
> There is nothing under Alternate name, and the short name only contains
> KO'Keefe.
>
> I figure there must be some configuration option that would allow users to
> receive email by their first name only, but I have no idea where it would
> be located, or what it would be called. Does anyone have any idea?
In the domino directory, under configuration, servers, configuration
documents, create or edit the default configuration document (or an for a
group of servers or an individual server)
on the router-smtp, Basics tab, change address lookup from the default
Fullname then local to fullname only.
This way you will only receive mail on your configured email addresses. More
information about this setting can be found in the administration help
database.

Cheers

Woonjas on EFNet's #notes (irc)

[Database Administrator]

Woonjas wrote:
> "Matt Fries" wrote in message
> news:COydnSliS4-5alrVnZ2dnUVZ_sjinZ2d@posted.visi...
>> We have Lotus Domino 7.0.3, and one of our users started to get some UCE
>> from various locations. All of our Lotus Notes Users receive mail as
>> "Firstname_Lastname@domain.com". This one user is getting the emails that
>> are just addressed to "Firstname@domain.com".
>>
>> The user's name is Kevin O'Keefe (note the apostrophe). In his person
>> document in the NAB, he has 2 usernames:
>>
>> Kevin O'Keefe/org
>> Kevin O'Keefe
>>
>> There is nothing under Alternate name, and the short name only contains
>> KO'Keefe.
>>
>> I figure there must be some configuration option that would allow users to
>> receive email by their first name only, but I have no idea where it would
>> be located, or what it would be called. Does anyone have any idea?
> In the domino directory, under configuration, servers, configuration
> documents, create or edit the default configuration document (or an for a
> group of servers or an individual server)
> on the router-smtp, Basics tab, change address lookup from the default
> Fullname then local to fullname only.
> This way you will only receive mail on your configured email addresses. More
> information about this setting can be found in the administration help
> database.
>
> Cheers
>
> Woonjas on EFNet's #notes (irc)
>
>
Thank you. I tried to set that to fullname only, however, that also
prevents the users from getting email under aliases that are configured
in the Short Name field.

As it is right now, I guess the only way to stop the emails to
firstname@domain.com is to just create a rule in the user's mail database.

Thanks for your help.

[Database Administrator]

"Matt Fries" wrote in message
news:tIKdnXggLcZETk7VnZ2dnUVZ_tLinZ2d@posted.visi. ..
> Woonjas wrote:
>> "Matt Fries" wrote in message
>> news:COydnSliS4-5alrVnZ2dnUVZ_sjinZ2d@posted.visi...
>>> We have Lotus Domino 7.0.3, and one of our users started to get some UCE
>>> from various locations. All of our Lotus Notes Users receive mail as
>>> "Firstname_Lastname@domain.com". This one user is getting the emails
>>> that are just addressed to "Firstname@domain.com".
>>>
>>> The user's name is Kevin O'Keefe (note the apostrophe). In his person
>>> document in the NAB, he has 2 usernames:
>>>
>>> Kevin O'Keefe/org
>>> Kevin O'Keefe
>>>
>>> There is nothing under Alternate name, and the short name only contains
>>> KO'Keefe.
>>>
>>> I figure there must be some configuration option that would allow users
>>> to receive email by their first name only, but I have no idea where it
>>> would be located, or what it would be called. Does anyone have any idea?
>> In the domino directory, under configuration, servers, configuration
>> documents, create or edit the default configuration document (or an for a
>> group of servers or an individual server)
>> on the router-smtp, Basics tab, change address lookup from the default
>> Fullname then local to fullname only.
>> This way you will only receive mail on your configured email addresses.
>> More information about this setting can be found in the administration
>> help database.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Woonjas on EFNet's #notes (irc)
>>
>>
> Thank you. I tried to set that to fullname only, however, that also
> prevents the users from getting email under aliases that are configured in
> the Short Name field.
>
> As it is right now, I guess the only way to stop the emails to
> firstname@domain.com is to just create a rule in the user's mail database.
>
put the aliases in the full name field, where they are supposed to be.

shortname field's supposed to be just that, the shortname, single value.

using rules to enforce this will create unnecessary load on your server(s).

Cheers.

Woonjas on EFNet's #notes (irc)