on 11/8/03 10:38 PM, Allen Watson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I setup an account to use postfix to send via 127.0.0.1. I sent a message to > myself at my Earthlink address, from a completely different address. It went > out...and it came back, delivered to the Earthlink address. Is that because > I am on Earthlink?
Generally, what Earthlink does, is that it doesn't allow any such activities to go on if you are trying them outside of the Earthlink network. In other words: - If you are trying to send/receive mail at Starbucks, using your Earthlink MTAs as a relay, it will fail, because of aforementioned firewall issues. - If you are on your Earthlink connection, the same activity will succeed. Earthlink checks where you are coming from in order to reduce/eliminate SPAM from people that were using Earthlink MTAs to send their stuff. Now, they only have to contend with folks who actually have an Earthlink account, and sit on the Earthlink network. This kind of behavior is not malicious on Earthlink's part - you have the global association of spammers to thank for it. Harry -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
