KBA-01663

(FAQ) What causes mail to end up in the Bad Message Queue?

What causes mail to end up in the Bad Message Queue?

Here is a list of reasons on why a message may end up in this queue.

  • A syntactically incorrect RAW message.

  • An incoming message is from an address on the suppression list.

  • An incoming message to a list is from an address on the list's suppression list.

  • A message was found to be in a forwarding mail loop.

  • A message is destined to an unknown local user.

  • A message to a list that encounters an error during exploding.

  • A message to a list that exceeds the max size allowed by the list.

  • A message explicitly addressed to ''BadMsgQ@domain.com''.

  • A duplicate message determined to have already been sent to a list.

  • A message which fails to be parsed properly.

  • A message in the localq is addressed to an account which is not a local account.

     

    Additional Comments

    MDaemon 9.64 added a feature in which messages moved to the Bad Message Queue will have a header inserted called X-MDBadQueue-Reason. The header is added to the message itself and will also be logged in the Routing log. Messages moved by the Content Filter will not include this header.