> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > > >> On Jul 7, 2016, at 9:44 AM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu >> <mailto:newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu>> wrote: >> >> It seems a bit odd to me that I can connect all sorts of little network >> devices (webcams, network monitors, remote power switches, etc) to a LAN and >> they can all be set to issue email. > > The manufacturers are probably running their own SMTP servers, and the > devices either talk to those directly, or (more likely) send HTTP requests to > the manufacturer’s web server, which then formats the email and sends it to > the SMTP server.
Yes, this seems to be correct. I just checked such emails and I see the manufacturers usually exploit gmail for this purpose (and I have no gmail account). Received: from localhost ([72.87.216.146]) by smtp.gmail.com <http://smtp.gmail.com/> -Carl _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
