On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Chris Knipe wrote:
> > In some roundabout way, there may be, after all that handshaking is the
> > TCP establishment, and there may be IP based relay controls, in which
> > case, the TCP session's source address will be in the handshake and
> > therefore some determination of whether the host on the other end of the
> > connection can relay.
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> No offence, but you need help I think... IP numbers has just about zero to
> do with routing email. You're getting confused between TCP/IP Routing and
> Mail routing here I believe. Two completely different things, and works
> completely different aswell...
Yes, but often a server will accept messages for relaying from specific
hosts (determined by their IP address/network) and not from others. I
think thats all he was saying, albeit a bit tounge-in-cheek in response
to the poor quillandmouse guy who kept thinking there was some secret
way to 'ask for relay'
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>
> Regards,
> Chris Knipe
> (083) 430 8151
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