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 The **Routing Errors** tab is only visible if the **POP3 Routing** option is set to **Route by parsing message headers**. The **Routing Errors** tab is only visible if the **POP3 Routing** option is set to **Route by parsing message headers**.
  
-The **Routing Errors** tab settings tell VPOP3 what it should do if it receives a message and, after parsing the message headers, it cannot work out who the message is for. Common reasons for routing errors are if the recipient address is misspelled, so that VPOP3 does not recognise it, or if the message was sent using a [[how to|BCCs|BCC]], so VPOP3 cannot detect any recipients in the message header at all.+The **Routing Errors** tab settings tell VPOP3 what it should do if it receives a message and, after parsing the message headers, it cannot work out who the message is for. Common reasons for routing errors are if the recipient address is misspelled, so that VPOP3 does not recognise it, or if the message was sent using a [[how to:BCCs|BCC]], so VPOP3 cannot detect any recipients in the message header at all.
  
 The main choice is what to do with the incoming message which it can't handle automatically The main choice is what to do with the incoming message which it can't handle automatically
-  * **Send an Error Message to Main Administrator** - this sends a message to the [[main administrator]] indicating what the problem was, and including the original message as an attachment.+  * **Send an Error Message to Main Administrator** - this sends a message to the [[admin_settings#choosing_a_main_administrator|main administrator]] indicating what the problem was, and including the original message as an attachment.
   * **Send the Incoming Message to Main Administrator** - this sends the original message to the main administrator, as if it was originally intended for them. This option does not indicate what the problem with the message was   * **Send the Incoming Message to Main Administrator** - this sends the original message to the main administrator, as if it was originally intended for them. This option does not indicate what the problem with the message was
   * **Send an Error Message to <user>** - this is the same as the first option, but sends the message to a specified user, rather than the main adminstrator   * **Send an Error Message to <user>** - this is the same as the first option, but sends the message to a specified user, rather than the main adminstrator
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   * **Don't generate bounce messages if spam score** >= <number> - this lets you cut down on the number of bounce messages which are sent in response to spam messages, where the sender email address is often forged   * **Don't generate bounce messages if spam score** >= <number> - this lets you cut down on the number of bounce messages which are sent in response to spam messages, where the sender email address is often forged
  
 +Note that sending a bounce message to the sender can cause [[howto:backscatter]], so is usually a bad idea.
  
 =====Messages===== =====Messages=====
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