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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Localized mail servers, global scope
On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Dave Crocker wrote: > > i seem to recall a similar redirect mechanism in SMTP some time ago. not > worth the effort; broken; or somesuch. The 251 and 551 forwarding address responses. Many mail servers don't know a user's forwarding address at SMTP time; most mail servers treat any 5xx response to RCPT TO the same way; mail servers don't want to maintain a local database of forwarding addresses culled from 251 responses... Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[email protected]> http://dotat.at/ BISCAY: WEST 5 OR 6 BECOMING VARIABLE 3 OR 4. SHOWERS AT FIRST. MODERATE OR GOOD.
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