OmniMessaging Functional Description 8.3

OmniMessaging Functional Description
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11 OMNIMESSAGING FEATURES
11.1 Mail Delivery
11.1.1 Message Broadcasting
Message Broadcast is a mechanism that will allow a message to be delivered to
ALL recipients at a given domain. An administrator sending a message to a
special submission address triggers the process. OmniMessaging
automatically expands the recipient list to include all users in the domain. Built
in checks prevent this procedure from being abused by hackers.
11.1.2 Mail User Redirection/Distribution Lists/Forwarding
OmniMessaging can be configured to redirect mail directed to one particular
address to one or more other addresses. OmniMessaging handles Distribution
lists as a type of redirection.
The following facilities are provided: -
• Option to save or discard the redirected message in the target mailbox
for the original recipient (normally discarded for distribution lists)
• Configuration of multiple remote or local redirection addresses (or
distribution list addresses)
• Loop detection (prevents mails being forever redirected)
• Configurable Reverse Path Address – On generation of redirected
messages for a message sent to a redirected/distribution list address,
the recipient for any NDRs can be configured to be:-
o the original sender of the message
o the current path, either redirected/distribution or original recipient
o a nominated address (External Maintainer)
o NULL, to indicate that the no NDR should be sent.
For distribution lists, NDRs will normally not be sent or will be sent to a
nominated address, e.g. the distribution list administrator. For normal
redirection, including aliases, any NDRs are normally configured to be
sent to the original sender of the message.
11.1.3 Mail User Aliasing
This is another type of redirection. Normally with aliases the mail is redirected
to a single address and the mail is not saved at the original targeted mail
address. The Reverse Path Type would normally be set to the original sender
of the message.