Error to send mails to an empty distribution list

[apena]

Hi, when I send an e-mail to an empty distribution list I recive an error e-mail as an answer:

Subject: Fwd: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender
Message:
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Mail Delivery System" <MAILER-DAEMON@mta.mydomain.com>
To: sender@mydomain.com
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 1:01:24 AM
Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender

This is the mail system at host mta.mydomain.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.

For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster.

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the attached returned message.

The mail system

<distribution_list_name@mydomain.com>: mydomain.com

Is there a way to don´t get this error ??

Thanks

[phoenix]

Surely the answer would be to not send messages to an empty distribution list or don't create an empty distribution list? The error message is correct for an email that can't be delivered.

[apena]

Thanks for the answer, but I have 10 distribution list I delete and create every day automaticaly and I have to add users manualy to some of them.

[MisuVir]

Originally Posted by apena

Thanks for the answer, but I have 10 distribution list I delete and create every day automaticaly and I have to add users manualy to some of them.

How are you automatically creating the distribution lists? Can you create a dummy resource account and add it to all the distribution lists when you create them?

[apena]

I do it by console. I made a script to delete and create every distribution list.
I can create a resource and add it to the DL, but I wanna know if there is a way to don´t get de error message.

[karukera]

Try that :

Fill your DL's with at least one account.
This account is a specific one that is configured to not keep messages locally.

Go to the forwarding tab in the account modification form. Check the box Do not save a local copy of the message (or something like that. I use the french version).

HTH

[mmorse]

Do the above for now (keeping it populated with at least one address shouldn't be to hard - just add a fixed spare resource/account to your re-creation scripts), and for the future vote on Bug 41780 - messages to an empty distribution list should not return bounce

[karukera]

Originally Posted by mmorse

for the future vote on Bug 41780 - messages to an empty distribution list should not return bounce

Done ...