Thanks. That would provide an explanation for how it happens. I can only guess as to what the motivation might be.
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Chenault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: The great smtp mystery What you see in the message is the P2, or the contents. But routing is done on the P1, or envelope. The envelope is not visible in the client; it's discarded before delivery to the final destination. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Lavoie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 9:31 AM Subject: The great smtp mystery > I receive a message in my inbox sent to an email address that does not match > my own (completely different domain name). I use nslookup to resolve the > domain name of the sender's address and the domain doesn't exist. The > following day another employee receives a similar email with a "to:" address > that does not match our domain. > In both cases the recipients first name matched that of the first part of > the email address. > > Example: > > Say my name is Jay and domain name is yahoo.com > I receive an email in my inbox sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - I have no mx record > for delta.com and my server is not configured to route delta.com inbound. > > Can anyone explain this? > > Thanks, > Jay > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
