You do not need a NIC???? Then How do you even install TCP/IP it has to bind to something for the physical layer? Unless you are talking about a virtual adapter.
What virtual adapter would allow you to do it? I actually have a reason for doing just this but I have not been able to figure out a way. Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Sanford Whiteman > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:01 PM > To: John Tolmachoff (Lists) > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] OT: Syslog and the TCP stack > > > > I am thinking it may be no change as Imail just sends the > items to > > port 514 at the destination IP from a random port, so in > essence the > > NIC is still processing the session, just not putting > on to the > > physical layer. > > If you are using the loopback address (127.0.0.1) as your > destination, the source address is also 127.0.0.1, so the > packet does not touch the NIC. You do not even need a > NIC in the system to use the loopback address. > > --Sandy > > > ------------------------------------ > Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist > Broadleaf Systems, a division of > Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > SpamAssassin plugs into Declude! > > http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/SPAMC32/do wnload/release/ Defuse Dictionary Attacks: Turn Exchange or IMail mailboxes into IMail Aliases! http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/exchange2aliases/downloa d/release/ http://www.imprimia.com/products/software/freeutils/ldap2aliases/download/re lease/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
