NDR for a non-existant users

26328735 1 Reputation point
2022-04-08T15:31:31.167+00:00

We just bought a domain and added it to our Office 365 tenant. Since then, I (as the admin) have been getting NDR messages sent to ******@mydomain.com . These NDR's are for emails sent to non-existant users from outside senders. It appears that people are still sending messages to users from the former domain owner. That's not a problem. I'm just wondering why I get the NDR's. I don't even have the email address ******@mydomain.com setup.

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  1. Michel de Rooij 1,546 Reputation points MVP
    2022-04-08T20:17:36.113+00:00

    There is no such standard functionality in EXO.
    Exchange on-premises can have admins get a copy of sent NDRs (keyword MicrosoftExchangeRecipientReplyRecipient).

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  2. 26328735 1 Reputation point
    2022-04-08T20:57:05.767+00:00

    Then why do I continue to get these messages? We are all online with Exchange.

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  3. Kael Yao 37,746 Reputation points Moderator
    2022-04-11T08:11:11.627+00:00

    Hi @26328735

    Did you mean the mailbox ******@mydomain.com sent NDR messages, or it received NDR messages?
    Did you see it via Message Trace?

    Since the mailbox ******@mydomain.com is responsible for sending NDR messages, I suppose this is the expected behavior.
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  4. 26328735 1 Reputation point
    2022-04-15T00:46:01.627+00:00

    Yep, still having this issue.


  5. 26328735 1 Reputation point
    2022-04-16T16:41:16.46+00:00

    This is what I get, not the sender.


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