Re: [exim] What would you tell the CIO in an "ABCs of Email"…

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Author: Jan-Piet Mens
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To: exim-users
CC: Esther Schindler
Subject: Re: [exim] What would you tell the CIO in an "ABCs of Email"overview?
On Tue May 08 2007 at 03:18:27 CEST, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote:

> the single most common question seems to me to be "Why did I receive
> this message when I'm not listed in the To-header?"
>
> an e-mail ABC should explain that the ONLY thing used for e-mail routing
> is the envelope.


When I explain this to a manager, I grab a sheet of paper, write any name
on it and then fold the page into an "envelope", writing a different name
on it, and demonstrate how the envelope gets "routed" through the post office
to her/his desk, independantly of what the envelope contains.

    -JP